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BioMed Research International, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Dengue remains one of the most serious and widespread mosquito‐borne viral infections in human beings, with serious health problems or even death. About 50 to 100 million people are newly infected annually, with almost 2.5 billion people living at risk and resulting in 20,000 deaths.
Muhammad Torequl Islam +16 more
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Allopurinol reduces the lethality associated with acute renal failure induced by Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom: comparison with probenecid. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 BACKGROUND: Acute renal failure is one of the most serious complications of envenoming resulting from Crotalus durissus terrificus bites. This study evaluated the relevance of hyperuricemia and oxidative stress and the effects of allopurinol and ...
Rodrigo Frezzatti, Paulo Flavio Silveira
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1995 Thirty-two patients bitten by venomous snakes sixteen by Bothrops spp. and sixteen by Crotalus durissus terrificus were studied. The group comprised thirty males and two females, aged eight to sixty-three years (mean 33±15).
Benedito Barra Viera +3 more
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Toxins, 2021 Systemic envenomation by Crotalus durissus terrificus (South American rattlesnake) can cause coagulopathy, rabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, and peripheral neuromuscular blockade, the latter resulting in flaccid paralysis.
Isadora Caruso Fontana Oliveira +7 more
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Toxicon, 1991 A comparative study was performed with the venoms of newborn Crotalus durissus durissus, adult Crotalus durissus terrificus and adult Crotalus durissus durissus snakes. Venom of newborn specimens of C.d. durissus is very similar to that of adult specimens of C.d.
Gutiérrez, José María +3 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2005 ELISA was used to evaluate, follow, and compare the humoral immune response of Swiss mice during hyperimmunization with natural and Cobalt 60-irradiated (60Co) Crotalus durissus terrificus venom.
R. S. Ferreira Junior +5 more
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Envenomations by Bothrops and Crotalus snakes induce the release of mitochondrial alarmins. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 Skeletal muscle necrosis is a common manifestation of viperid snakebite envenomations. Venoms from snakes of the genus Bothrops, such as that of B. asper, induce muscle tissue damage at the site of venom injection, provoking severe local pathology which ...
Irene Zornetta +5 more
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Fast venomic analysis of Crotalus durissus terrificus from northeastern Argentina
Toxicon: X, 2020 The complete knowledge of the toxins that make up venoms is the base for the treatment of snake accidents victims and the selection of specimens for the preparation of venom pools for antivenom production. In this work, we used a fast and direct venomics approach to identify the toxin families in the C.d.
Fusco, Luciano S. +6 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2008 This work evaluated the clinical and therapeutic aspects as well as serum levels of venom and antivenom IgG by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in experimental envenomation of dogs with Crotalus durissus terrificus venom.
F. Sangiorgio +4 more
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Biomolecules, 2020 Respiratory compromise in Crotalus durissus terrificus (C.d.t.) snakebite is an important pathological condition. Considering that crotoxin (CTX), a phospholipase A2 from C.d.t. venom, is the main component of the venom, the present work investigated the
Marco Aurelio Sartim +11 more
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