A Study on the Clinico-Epidemiological Profile and the Outcome of Snake Bite Victims in a Tertiary Care Centre in Southern India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013 Background: Snake bite is a common medical emergency and an occupational hazard, more so in tropical India, where farming is a major source of employment.
Halesha B.R. +4 more
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Early treatment with intranasal neostigmine reduces mortality in a mouse model of Naja naja (Indian Cobra) envenomation [PDF]
, 2014 Objective. Most snakebite deaths occur prior to hospital arrival; yet inexpensive, effective, and easy to administer out-of-hospital treatments do not exist. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can be therapeutic in neurotoxic envenomations when administered
Bickler, Philip +5 more
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, 2001 Number of Pages: 9Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Chiszar, David, Smith, Hobart M.
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The envenomation of general physiology throughout the last century. [PDF]
, 2017 Toxins are the poisonous products of organisms. Toxins serve vital defensive and offensive functions for those that harbor them: stinging scorpions, pesticidal plants, sanguinary snakes, fearless frogs, sliming snails, noxious newts, and smarting spiders.
Sack, Jon T
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Multiple anti-predator mechanisms in the red-spotted Argentina Frog (Amphibia: Hylidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Anurans employ a wide variety of anti-predator mechanisms to defend themselves. In casque-headed hylids, defence is thought to be a complex combination of several anti-predator mechanisms. However, the defence traits of only a few species are known; some
Alcalde, Leandro +6 more
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Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.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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Validity and reliability of telephone administration of the patient-specific functional scale for the assessment of recovery from snakebite envenomation [PDF]
, 2019 OBJECTIVES: Although more than 1.8 million people survive snakebite envenomation each year, their recovery is understudied. Obtaining long-term follow-up is challenging in both high- and low-resource settings. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS)
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Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.Low dose (25mcg) jack jumper ant venom immunotherapy with or without Advax adjuvant, had similar efficacy to the current standard of care. Reduction in basophil activation test reactivity in response to treatment correlated with sting challenge outcome.
Thanh‐Thao Adriana Le +14 more
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Pediatric scorpionism in northern Amazonia: a 16-year study on epidemiological, environmental and clinical aspects [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical DiseasesBackground: The Amazon basin is one of the seven major geographical areas where scorpionism is recorded. In French Guiana, 90 stings per 100,000 inhabitants are registered per year. As the severity of cases is higher in children, descriptive studies are
Jules Vaucel +6 more
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Contribution to the distribution of spiders with significant medical importance (Araneae: Loxosceles and Latrodectus) in Iran, with a new record for the country [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2014 A faunistic review is given on the Iranian medically important spiders of two genera Loxosceles and Latrodectus. Latrodectus cinctus Blackwall, 1865 is reported for the first time from Iran (and for the second time from Asia) and is replaced with the ...
Alireza Zamani +3 more
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