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BioMed Research International, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 Bothrops asper (Squamata: Viperidae) is the most important venomous snake in Central America, being responsible for the majority of snakebite accidents. Four basic PLA2s (pMTX‐I to ‐IV) were purified from crude venom by a single‐step chromatography using a CM‐Sepharose ion‐exchange column (1.5 × 15 cm).
Aristides Quintero Rueda +8 more
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Immunology &Cell Biology, Volume 102, Issue 5, Page 365-380, May‐June 2024.This study demonstrates that three secreted immune evasion factors from the staphylococcal superantigen‐like (SSL) protein family—SSL3, 7 and 11—can be successfully fused into a polyprotein. Mice immunized with a functionally inactive version of the polyprotein in the squalene‐based adjuvant (AddaVax), but not the equivalent amount of the individual ...
Janlin Ying Hui Chan +5 more
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Highlights in the knowledge of brown spider toxins
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017 Brown spiders are venomous arthropods that use their venom for predation and defense. In humans, bites of these animals provoke injuries including dermonecrosis with gravitational spread of lesions, hematological abnormalities and impaired renal function.
Daniele Chaves-Moreira +5 more
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Toxins, 2021 Bites by many Asiatic and African cobras (Genus: Naja) cause severe local dermonecrosis and myonecrosis, resulting in permanent disabilities. We studied the time scale in which two Indian polyvalent antivenoms, VINS and Bharat, remain capable of ...
Umesha Madhushani +4 more
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Brown Spider Venom Phospholipase-D Activity upon Different Lipid Substrates
Toxins, 2023 Brown spider envenomation results in dermonecrosis, characterized by an intense inflammatory reaction. The principal toxins of brown spider venoms are phospholipase-D isoforms, which interact with different cellular membrane components, degrade ...
Daniele Chaves-Moreira +9 more
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Artemia salina as an animal model for the preliminary evaluation of snake venom-induced toxicity
Toxicon: X, 2021 Lethality and cytotoxicity assays of snake venoms and their neutralization by antivenom require many mice for the experiments. Recent developments have prompted researchers to seek alternative strategies that minimize the use of mice in line with Russel ...
Mitchel Otieno Okumu +6 more
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, 2012 La produccion de leche como alimento para los humanos, tiene una gran tradicion en todo el mundo y uno de los problemas de salud que se presentan comunmente en la produccion de leche de cabra es la mastitis.
Bedolla Cedeno, Carlos +1 more
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Biofilm formation in catheter-related infections by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus [PDF]
, 2017 The use of invasive techniques, such as intravascular catheter insertion, and the formation of biofilms in several devices by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have contributed to the increased number of septic patients, morbidity and ...
Fábio Aguiar-Alves +3 more
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Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2012 The loxoscelism is the most serious form of arachnidism in Brazil. The genus Loxosceles comprises more than 100 species of spiders in African and American continents. In Brazil, they are known as brown spiders.
Ricardo Marques Frezza
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[Cutaneous loxoscelism in Portugal: a rare cause of dermonecrosis].
Acta medica portuguesa, 2016 Cutaneous loxoscelism is an exceptional diagnosis in Portugal, regardless of the documented presence of Loxosceles rufescens.We report a 33-year old female patient presenting to our clinic after having visualized a bite from a spider in the inner aspect of the right thigh.
Inês, Coutinho +5 more
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