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Digital Disease Ecologies: Encounter, Datafication and the Digital Geographies of One Health

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract Through the case of Snake Awareness Rescue Protection App (SARPA), a digital snake translocation and snakebite prevention mobile phone application in Kerala, India, this paper extends recent geographical ‘digital ecologies’ scholarship's concern for the digitisation of more‐than‐human worlds to digital health technology and disease ...
George Kirkham
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Elucidating the biogeographical variation of the venom of Naja naja (spectacled cobra) from Pakistan through a venom-decomplexing proteomic study

, 2018
Naja naja is a medically important species that is distributed widely in South Asia. Its venom lethality and neutralization profile have been reported to vary markedly, but the understanding of this phenomenon has been limited without a comprehensive ...
Wong, Kin Ying, Naeem H. Quraishi, Quraishi, Naeem H., Tan, Kae Yi, Nget Hong Tan, Kae Yi Tan, Tan, Choo Hock, Choo Hock Tan, Kin Ying Wong, Tan, Nget Hong   +9 more
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Early Experimental Report of the First 8‐Gene‐Edited Pig‐to‐Rhesus Macaque Cardiac Xenotransplantation in China

Xenotransplantation, Volume 33, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to investigate the functional recovery of an 8‐gene‐edited pig heart after orthotopic xenotransplantation, the characteristics of the recipient's immune responses, and the efficacy of postoperative complication management to provide comprehensive experimental evidence for the clinical translation of xenogeneic ...
Xianzhi Wang, Xijie Wu, Ziqiang Dai, Licheng Yan, Jie Yan, Dongsheng He, Shangxuan Li, Zhipeng Ren, Gen Zhang, Guanzheng Cui, Xin Li, Xianhua Li, Yulong Guan, Guangyu Pan, Ik Jin Yun, Wensheng Zhou, Dengke Pan, Dianyuan Li   +17 more
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Snakebite injuries in Hong Kong: A 10‐year review

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Background Snakebite envenomation is a priority neglected tropical disease according to the World Health Organization. To address the issue, enhanced epidemiological evidence in endemic countries and an improved availability of snake antivenoms were proposed. Objectives To understand the local epidemiology of snakebite cases, promote awareness
Shan Liu, Chi Keung Chan, Man Li Tse
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Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 Outer Membrane Vesicles as a Platform for Complement Activation

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2026.
Basic characteristics and biological activity of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) secreted by Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 (YeO3), depending on LPS chemotype and growth temperature. ABSTRACT Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major component of the outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) of Gram‐negative bacteria.
Cédric Battaglino, Iryna Bodnaruk, Paula Czyszczoń, Mikael Skurnik, Beata Filip‐Psurska, Dariusz Jarych, Anna Maciejewska, Mariusz Gadzinowski, Kamil Malik, Izabela Potocka, Paweł Migdał, Roksana Kruszakin, Maciej Cedzyński, Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz, Jolanta Lukasiewicz, Anna S. Świerzko   +15 more
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Snake bite in South Asia: a review

, 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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Occurrence and evolution of cannibal behaviour in extant snakes

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 644-664, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Extant snakes (Serpentes) are a highly diverse group of squamate reptiles, which have independently evolved key morphological adaptations to consume a large variety of vertebrate and invertebrate prey. While these predator–prey interactions have been widely addressed by several studies, little is known regarding the occurrence of cannibal ...
Bruna B. Falcão, Vinícius A. São Pedro, Omar M. Entiauspe‐Neto   +2 more
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Expression of Human Thrombomodulin Prevents Early Thrombocytopenia and Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Pig‐to‐Nonhuman Primate Orthotopic Liver Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation, Volume 33, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Severe thrombocytopenia and coagulation dysregulation remain major barriers to survival in pig‐to‐primate liver xenotransplantation models. Methods Porcine livers with five genetic modifications (GTKO, CMAHKO, β4GalNT2KO, hCD55, and hTBM) were orthotopically transplanted into four Tibetan macaques under two conventional ...
Zhongqiang Zhang, Ting Li, Qiang Li, Bin Xie, Xinger Zhao, Jianbin Wang, Yaxun Huang, Jing Luo, Shali Wen, Yinchun Zhou, Yong Deng, Yanfang Lu, Yanyan Jiang, Jiequn Li, David K. C. Cooper, Dengke Pan, Zhongzhou Si, Haizhi Qi   +17 more
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Antibacterial Activity of Venom from the Puff Adder (Bitis arietans), Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje), and Red Spitting Cobra (Naja pallida)

International Journal of Microbiology, 2023
Bitis arietans (Puff adder), Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), and Naja pallida (Red spitting cobra) venoms were tested for antimicrobial activity. This evaluation employed disc diffusion and microbroth dilution techniques.
Mitchel Otieno Okumu, Kennedy Lojau Eyaan, Luke Kipkorir Bett, Nduhiu Gitahi   +3 more
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TOXIC SYNERGY: The Precarious Grasp of Human‐Snake Entanglements in a Thai Venom Facility

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 30-56, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Venomous snakes offer unique insight into core topics of anthropological inquiry because they are both the cause of a disease, snakebite envenoming, and the source of the cure. At a Thai facility dedicated to venomous snake husbandry for the production of antivenom, the biological pharmaceutical used in the treatment of this disease, a team of
ERIN MCCONKEY
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