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Origin and diversification of the Elapidae (Squamata, Serpentes), with special emphasis on the European Cenozoic Fossil Record [PDF]
Os elapídeos são um grupo diversificado de serpentes, incluindo 390 espécies inseridas em 57 gêneros (Uetz, 2022) com distribuição nas Américas, África (exceto Madagascar), Ásia e Austrália.
Quadros, Ana Bottallo de Aguiar +1 more
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Engineering Antivenom: Research Progress and Future Directions in Snakebite Envenoming Therapy
Snakebite envenoming therapy is evolving from plasma‐derived antivenoms toward rationally engineered therapeutics. Advances in toxicovenomics, structural biology, antibody engineering, computational protein design, recombinant expression, small‐molecule inhibitors, and diagnostics are enabling toxin‐centric development of safer, more effective, and ...
Andreas H. Laustsen
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Naja sumatrana and Naja kaouthia are medically important elapids species found in Southeast Asia. Snake bite envenoming caused by these species may lead to morbidity or mortality if not treated with the appropriate antivenom.
Nor Asyikin Zukifli +6 more
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Therapeutic plasma exchange was successfully used in a child with severe snakebite envenomation complicated by refractory venom‐induced consumptive coagulopathy and suspected compartment syndrome, leading to full recovery and avoidance of surgical intervention.
Zain Mohammed Al Muqbel +8 more
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The definitive version may be found at www.wiley.comOne of the most prolific radiations of venomous snakes, the Australo-Melanesian Hydrophiinae includes approximately 100 species of Australasian terrestrial elapids plus all approximately 60 species of ...
R. LEYS +9 more
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ABSTRACT Snakebite envenomation is a major public health concern, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income regions where access to safe and effective antivenoms is limited. Traditional antivenoms, derived from immunization with crude venom, often trigger adverse reactions and lack specificity against key venom components.
Hanan Maoz, Amir Elalouf
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The evolution and diversification of diet in elapids [PDF]
A dissertation submitted to the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Science. Johannesburg, South
Kgaditse, Mimmie Mamafolo
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Temperature profoundly influences the biology of ectotherm organisms, for example reptiles, which mostly regulate their body temperature behaviorally by shuttling between heat sources and sinks. The thermal quality of the environment directly affects the
Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé +6 more
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Shape and size variation in elapid snake fangs, and the effects of phylogeny and diet [PDF]
Published online: 9 October 2023Recent studies have found correlations between the shape of snake teeth/fangs and diet. These studies were done at a very broad phylogenetic scale, making it desirable to test if correlations are still detectable at a ...
Palci, A. +3 more
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The evolution of scale sensilla in the transition from land to sea in elapid snakes [PDF]
Scale sensilla are small tactile mechanosensory organs located on the head scales of many squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes). In sea snakes and sea kraits (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), these scale organs are presumptive scale sensilla that purportedly ...
Jenna M. Crowe-Riddell +5 more
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