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Snake bite in South Asia: a review [PDF]

, 2010
Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is not known.
Alirol, Emilie, Sharma Sanjib Kumar, Kuch, Ulrich, Sharma, Sanjib Kumar, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Alirol Emilie, Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba, Emilie Alirol, François Chappuis, Kuch Ulrich, Ulrich Kuch, Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar, Chappuis, François, Chappuis François, Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba   +14 more
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Cytotoxic Effect of Bee (A. mellifera) Venom on Cancer Cell Lines

Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2020
Objectives: Nowadays cancer treatment is an important challenge in the medical world that needs better therapies. Many active secretions produced by insects such as honey bees used to discover new anticancer drugs.
Sima Khalilifard Borojeni, Hossein Zolfagharian, Mahdi Babaie, Iraj Javadi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Bothrops atrox envenomation: Efficacy of antivenom therapy and the combination of Bothrops antivenom with dexamethasone. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Bothrops atrox snakes are the leading cause of snake bites in Northern Brazil. The venom of this snake is not included in the antigen pool used to obtain the Bothrops antivenom. There are discrepancies in reports on the effectiveness of this antivenom to
Gabriella Neves Leal Santos Barreto, Sâmella Silva de Oliveira, Isabelle Valle Dos Anjos, Hipocrates de Menezes Chalkidis, Rosa Helena Veras Mourão, Ana Maria Moura-da-Silva, Ida Sigueko Sano-Martins, Luis Roberto de Camargo Gonçalves   +7 more
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Detection of Snake Venom in Post-Antivenom Samples by Dissociation Treatment Followed by Enzyme Immunoassay

Toxins, 2016
Venom detection is crucial for confirmation of envenomation and snake type in snake-bite patients. Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) is used to detect venom, but antivenom in samples prevents venom detection.
Kalana P. Maduwage, Margaret A. O’Leary, Anjana Silva, Geoffrey K. Isbister   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Availability of antivenom, and antivenom and adrenaline, per level and sector.

, 2021
Availability of antivenom, and antivenom and adrenaline, per level and sector.
Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse (8179767), Eugene Erulu (11278987), Janneke van Oirschot (11278978), Benjamin Waldmann (11278984), Hendrika A van den Ham (11278990), Dorothy Okemo (11278981), Tim Reed (9084869), Gaby Isabelle Ooms (11278975)   +7 more
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Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of snake antivenom

Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2018
Intact or fractionated immunoglobulins are used as snake antivenom to treat snake envenomation. Intravenously administered antivenom binds with snake toxins in the circulation and neutralizes the toxins.
Bhagya Nikapitiya, Kalana Maduwage
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosing Syndrome-Like Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia After Pit Viper Envenomation: Overcoming Laboratory Gaps in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Case Report From Nepal. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Snakebite envenomation remains a significant yet often overlooked health challenge in Nepal, particularly in its rural and hilly regions. While venom‐induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) is commonly observed with viper bites, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) is an extremely rare complication, especially with green pit vipers ...
Kaphle P, Gupta P, Shrestha S, Diyali N, Koirala RK, Shrestha A, Giri D, Pahari N, Sah AK, Hamal K, Bohara S.   +10 more
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Severe Pediatric Snakebite With Coagulopathy and Compartment Syndrome: Conservative Management With Plasma Exchange. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
Therapeutic plasma exchange was successfully used in a child with severe snakebite envenomation complicated by refractory venom‐induced consumptive coagulopathy and suspected compartment syndrome, leading to full recovery and avoidance of surgical intervention.
Al Muqbel ZM, Al-Majmuei A, Haider Ali A, Fahad NY, Ajjawi R, Al Dailami A, Lone A, Al Maskati M, Mohamed Mansoor N.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic clinical syndromes and can be complicated by serious and life-threatening ...
Kalana Maduwage, Geoffrey K Isbister
doaj   +1 more source

High rate of immediate systemic hypersensitivity reactions to tiger snake antivenom [PDF]

, 2006
During a national multicentre study of snake bites — the Australian Snakebite Project (ASP), involving over 40 hospitals — we have recently noted a high rate of early allergic reactions following the administration of tiger snake antivenom in Australia ...
Gavaghan, Chris, Isbister, Geoffrey, Brown, Simon, Spain, David, Little, Mark, Tankel, Alan, White, Julian, Currie, Bart   +7 more
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