Results 41 to 50 of about 17,918 (294)
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 +3 more
doaj +1 more source
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
Moderate-to-severe Vipera berus envenoming requiring ViperaTAb antivenom therapy in the UK
Clinical toxicology, 2021 Background Bites by the European adder (Vipera berus) in the UK are uncommon but potentially life threatening, and can be associated with marked limb swelling and disability.
Thomas Lamb +8 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Preclinical evaluation of caprylic acid-fractionated IgG antivenom for the treatment of Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) envenoming in Papua New Guinea. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 Snake bite is a common medical emergency in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus, inflicts a large number of bites that, in the absence of antivenom therapy, result in high mortality.
Mariángela Vargas +12 more
doaj +1 more source
Toxins, 2021 Patients bitten by Naja atra who are treated with bivalent freeze-dried neurotoxic antivenom in Taiwan have an improved survival rate but develop necrotic wound changes. The World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested using the minimum necrotizing dose
Cheng-Hsuan Ho +13 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Biomedicines, 2020 The Chinese Cobra (Naja atra) is an elapid snake of major medical importance in southern China. We describe the in vitro neurotoxic, myotoxic, and cytotoxic effects of N.
Qing Liang +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023 Snakebite is a global public health concern, which often occurs in tropical and subtropical underdeveloped areas, but it is often neglected. In the southern China, Naja naja atra (Chinese cobra) is a common venomous snake that causes swelling and ...
Jie Yang +10 more
doaj +1 more source
Consequences of neglect: analysis of the sub-Saharan African snake antivenom market and the global context. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BACKGROUND: The worldwide neglect of immunotherapeutic products for the treatment of snakebite has resulted in a critical paucity of effective, safe and affordable therapy in many Third World countries, particularly in Africa.
Nicholas I Brown
doaj +1 more source
The management of a blood donor bitten by a snake [PDF]
, 2017 The worldwide burden of snakebite is high and venomous snakes are found in many regions of the world and are a threat to public health. In Italy, for instance, viper bites are an infrequent but not negligible event.
Catalano, Liviana +5 more
core +1 more source
Third Generation Antivenomics: Pushing the Limits of the In Vitro Preclinical Assessment of Antivenoms [PDF]
Toxins, 2017 Second generation antivenomics is a translational venomics approach designed to complement in vivo preclinical neutralization assays. It provides qualitative and quantitative information on the set of homologous and heterologous venom proteins presenting antivenom-recognized epitopes and those exhibiting impaired immunoreactivity.
Davinia Pla +2 more
openaire +6 more sources