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Spider bite: a current approach to management [PDF]

, 2006
Although spider bite is common, most spider bites cause minor effects and do not require treatment. More significant effects result from redback and, less commonly, from funnel-web spider bites.
Isbister, Geoffrey K.
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Funnel-web spider bite: a systematic review of recorded clinical cases [PDF]

, 2005
The document attached has been archived with permission from the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia (09 January 2008). An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Objective: To investigate species-specific envenoming rates and spectrum ...
Balit, C., Fisher, M., Gray, M., Isbister, G., Porges, K., Raven, R., Stokes, B., Tankel, A., Turner, E., White, J.   +9 more
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The critical time period for administering antivenom: golden hours and missed opportunities

Clinical toxicology
Introduction Antivenom is widely accepted as an effective treatment for snake envenomation. This is despite very limited evidence supporting clinical effectiveness for major envenomation syndromes, and is mainly based on pre-clinical studies and ...
G. Isbister
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A national survey examining recognition, demand for antivenom, and overall level of preparedness for redback spider bites in Japan

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2016
Aim Redback spiders are rapidly becoming a nationwide problem in Japan. The domestic production of antivenom for redback spider bites has been started because of extremely low supply.
Toru Hifumi, Tomoya Okazaki, Arisa Manabe, Hideyuki Hamaya, Satoshi Egawa, Satoshi Fujimi, Akihiko Yamamoto, Yuichi Koido, Yuko Abe, Kenya Kawakita, Kazuo Umezawa, Yasuhiro Kuroda   +11 more
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Providing Antivenom Treatment Access to All Brazilian Amazon Indigenous Areas: ‘Every Life has Equal Value’

Toxins, 2020
Snakebites are more frequent in the Brazilian Amazon than in other parts of Brazil, representing a high cost for the health system since antivenoms are only available through medical prescription from central municipal hospitals in most cases.
W. Monteiro, A. Farias, Fernando Val, A. V. Neto, André Sachett, M. Lacerda, V. Sampaio, Deugles Cardoso, L. Garnelo, J. Vissoci, Jacqueline Sachett, F. H. Wen   +11 more
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Snake bite: a current approach to management [PDF]

, 2006
Snake envenoming is uncommon but potentially life-threatening. It is characterised by systemic effects including coagulopathy, neurotoxicity, myotoxicity and renal impairment.
Isbister, Geoffrey K.
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An investigation of snakebite antivenom usage in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2016
Four types of antivenom are used to treat snakebites by the six species of venomous snakes native to Taiwan. Research into antivenom use in Taiwan and its outcomes, as well as the utility of current Taiwan Poison Control Center guidelines for antivenom ...
Chih-Chuan Lin, Chung-Hsien Chaou, Chiung-Yao Tseng   +2 more
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Proteomics and immunocharacterization of Asian mountain pit viper (Ovophis monticola) venom.

PLoS ONE, 2021
The venomic profile of Asian mountain pit viper Ovophis monticola is clarified in the present study. Using mass spectrometry-based proteomics, 247 different proteins were identified in crude venom of O. monticola found in Thailand.
Siravit Sitprija, Lawan Chanhome, Onrapak Reamtong, Tipparat Thiangtrongjit, Taksa Vasaruchapong, Orawan Khow, Jureeporn Noiphrom, Panithi Laoungbua, Arissara Tubtimyoy, Narongsak Chaiyabutr, Supeecha Kumkate   +10 more
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Recombinant snakebite antivenoms: A cost-competitive solution to a neglected tropical disease? [PDF]

, 2017
Snakebite envenoming is a major public health burden in tropical parts of the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, neglect has led to a scarcity of antivenoms threatening the lives and limbs of snakebite victims.
Andersen, Mikael R, Engmark, Mikael, Johansen, Kristoffer H, Laustsen, Andreas H   +3 more
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Intraspecific venom variation of Mexican West Coast Rattlesnakes (Crotalus basiliscus) and its implications for antivenom production.

Biochimie, 2021
Intraspecific variation in snake venoms has been widely documented worldwide. However, there are few studies on this subject in Mexico. Venom characterization studies provide important data used to predict clinical syndromes, to evaluate the efficacy of ...
A. Colis-Torres, E. Neri-Castro, Jason L. Strickland, A. Olvera-Rodríguez, M. Borja, J. Calvete, Jason M. Jones, C. Parkinson, J. Bañuelos, Jorge López de León, A. Alagón   +10 more
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