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Snakebite envenoming [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that kills >100,000 people and maims >400,000 people every year. Impoverished populations living in the rural tropics are particularly vulnerable; snakebite envenoming perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins that exert a wide range of toxic actions.
JOSÉ Maria Gutierrez, Juan J Calvete, Abdulrazaq G Habib   +2 more
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Long-term Effects of Snake Envenoming

Toxins, 2019
Long-term effects of envenoming compromise the quality of life of the survivors of snakebite. We searched MEDLINE (from 1946) and EMBASE (from 1947) until October 2018 for clinical literature on the long-term effects of snake envenoming using different ...
Subodha Waiddyanatha, Anjana Silva, Sisira Siribaddana   +2 more
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Role of Serum IL-33 in Bothrops Snakebite Victims: Linking Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction [PDF]

Toxins
Bothrops snakebites pose a significant public health challenge in low- and middle-income regions, often resulting in inflammation, coagulopathy, and renal complications even after antivenom therapy.
Nicole Coelho Lopes, Ranieri Sales de Souza Santos, Gdayllon Cavalcante Meneses, Leticia Machado de Araújo, Bruna Viana Barroso Martins, Katarina Maria dos Reis Araújo, Marina Coelho Feitosa, Yury Pifano Varela, Fathima Shihana, Sandra Mara Brasileiro Mota, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira Albuquerque, Alice Maria Costa Martins   +13 more
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Thromboinflammatory complications of Bothrops snakebite envenoming: the case of B. lanceolatus endemic to the Caribbean Island of Martinique [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
Snakebite envenoming remains a predominant neglected disease in tropical and subtropical regions, with high rates of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Bothrops snakebite envenoming.
Caroline Rapon, Jonathan Florentin, Jonathan Florentin, Fatima Radouani, Fatima Radouani, Prisca Jalta, Prisca Jalta, Florian Negrello, Florian Negrello, Papa Gueye, Papa Gueye, Olivier Pierre-Louis, Remi Neviere, Dabor Resiere, Dabor Resiere   +14 more
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Clinical complications in envenoming by Apis honeybee stings: insights into mechanisms, diagnosis, and pharmacological interventions

Frontiers in Immunology
Envenoming resulting from Apis honeybee stings pose a neglected public health concern, with clinical complications ranging from mild local reactions to severe systemic manifestations.
Joeliton S Cavalcante, Ana Flávia Marques Pereira, Davi Gomes Angstmam   +2 more
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Bothrops bilineatus: An Arboreal Pitviper in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
The two-striped forest-pitviper (Bothrops bilineatus) is an arboreal snake that is currently represented by two subspecies (B. b. bilineatus and B. b. smaragdinus) that comprise a species complex, and its distribution is in the Amazon and the Atlantic ...
Paulo Sérgio Bernarde, Manuela Berto Pucca, Manuela Berto Pucca, Ageane Mota-da-Silva, Wirven Lima da Fonseca, Marllus Rafael Negreiros de Almeida, Isadora Sousa de Oliveira, Felipe Augusto Cerni, Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin, Marco A. Sartim, Marco A. Sartim, Marco A. Sartim, Jacqueline Sachett, Jacqueline Sachett, Fan Hui Wen, Ana Maria Moura-da-Silva, Ana Maria Moura-da-Silva, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Wuelton M. Monteiro   +18 more
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Prospecting Local Treatments Used in Conjunction with Antivenom Administration Following Envenomation Caused by Animals: A Systematic Review

Toxins, 2023
Envenomation caused by venomous animals may trigger significant local complications such as pain, edema, localized hemorrhage, and tissue necrosis, in addition to complications such as dermonecrosis, myonecrosis, and even amputations.
Érica S. Carvalho, Isadora Oliveira, Thaís P. Nascimento, Alexandre Vilhena da Silva Neto, Brenda A. S. Leal, Felipe Q. Araújo, Bruno F. V. Julião, Andrea R. N. Souza, Andreza W. Abrahim, Bruna B. O. Macedo, Jéssica T. S. de Oliveira, Fan Hui Wen, Manuela B. Pucca, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Jacqueline A. G. Sachett   +14 more
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Lonomia obliqua Envenoming and Innovative Research

Toxins, 2021
As a tribute to Butantan Institute in its 120th anniversary, this review describes some of the scientific research efforts carried out in the study of Lonomia envenoming in Brazil, a country where accidents with caterpillars reach over 42,000 individuals
Miryam Paola Alvarez-Flores, Renata Nascimento Gomes, Dilza Trevisan-Silva, Douglas Souza Oliveira, Isabel de Fátima Correia Batista, Marcus Vinicius Buri, Angela Maria Alvarez, Carlos DeOcesano-Pereira, Marcelo Medina de Souza, Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi   +9 more
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Effect of Indian Polyvalent Antivenom in the Prevention and Reversal of Local Myotoxicity Induced by Common Cobra (Naja naja) Venom from Sri Lanka In Vitro

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, Prabhani Thakshila, Wayne C. Hodgson, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Anjana Silva   +4 more
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Questionnaire Background on the Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus) Breeders’ Awareness of the Risk of Being Bitten

Animals, 2021
Several cases of Heterodon nasicus bites producing various symptoms have already been described. In this paper, a survey was conducted among Polish breeders of this species, where 47.7% of the respondents admitted that their snakes had tried to bite them,
Damian Zieliński
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