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Main envenoming syndromes requiring antivenom therapy in sub-Saharan Africa.

, 2019
Main envenoming syndromes requiring antivenom therapy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Lachlan McIver (3517805), Julien Potet (294128), James Smith (51839)   +2 more
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Epidemiological Models to Estimate the Burden of Snakebite Envenoming: A Systematic Review

Epidemiological modeling studies in snakebite envenoming research are evolving. Due to data scarcity, these modeling techniques are essential in filling the knowledge gap needed to achieve the World Health Organization’s goal of halving morbidity and ...
SAJESH K VEETTIL, Associate Professor Suthira Taychakhoonavudh, Puree Anantachoti, Ahmed Adamu Gololo, Chanthawat Patikorn   +4 more
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A Decoy-Receptor Approach Using Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Mimics Reveals Their Potential as Novel Therapeutics Against Neurotoxic Snakebite

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019
Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that causes 138,000 deaths each year. Neurotoxic snake venoms contain small neurotoxins, including three-finger toxins (3FTxs), which can cause rapid paralysis in snakebite victims by blocking postsynaptic ...
Laura-Oana Albulescu, Taline Kazandjian, Julien Slagboom, Ben Bruyneel, Stuart Ainsworth, Jaffer Alsolaiss, Simon C. Wagstaff, Gareth Whiteley, Robert A. Harrison, Robert A. Harrison, Chris Ulens, Jeroen Kool, Nicholas R. Casewell, Nicholas R. Casewell   +13 more
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Clinical effects in 14 patients with death adder envenoming.

, 2012
Clinical effects in 14 patients with death adder envenoming.
Simon G. A. Brown (131283), Christopher I. Johnston (131273), Margaret A. O'Leary (131278), Geoffrey K. Isbister (131304), Bart J. Currie (131288), Richard Whitaker (131296), Lambros Halkidis (131293), Benjamin Close (131301)   +7 more
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Clinical and Pharmacological Investigation of Myotoxicity in Sri Lankan Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Envenoming [PDF]

Sri Lankan Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming is reported to cause myotoxicity and neurotoxicity, which are different to the effects of envenoming by most other populations of Russell's vipers.
Maduwage, Kalana, Siribaddana, Sisira, Buckley, Nicholas A, Isbister, Geoffrey K, Kneisz, Daniela, Smith, A Ian, Kleifeld, Oded, Johnston, Christopher, Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Silva, Anjana, Hodgson, Wayne C   +10 more
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Clinical management of snakebite envenoming: Future perspectives

, 2021
Snakebite envenoming is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in rural communities throughout the tropics. Generally, the main clinical features of snakebites are local swelling, tissue necrosis, shock, spontaneous systemic hemorrhage, incoagulable ...
Laustsen, Andreas H., Wuelton Monteiro, Gnanathasan, Christeine Ariaranee, Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan, Matthew R. Lewin, Muhammad Hamza, Hamza, Muhammad, Knudsen, Cecilie, Cecilie Knudsen, Habib, Abdulrazaq G., Lewin, Matthew R., Andreas H. Laustsen, Monteiro, Wuelton, Abdulrazaq G. Habib   +13 more
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Incidence and severity of scorpion stings in Algeria

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2012
Scorpion stings are a public health problem in the Maghreb region. In Algeria, epidemiological data were collected over the past twenty years by the Algerian health authorities.
Y Laïd, L Boutekdjiret, R Oudjehane, F Laraba-Djebari, H Hellal, M Guerinik, L Griene, B Alamir, R Merad, JP Chippaux   +9 more
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Snakebites by Bothrops spp in children in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2001
From January, 1984 to March, 1999, 73 children under 15 y old (ages 1-14 y, median 9 y) were admitted after being bitten by snakes of the genus Bothrops.
Fábio BUCARETCHI, Sílvia Regina Fontoura HERRERA, Stephen HYSLOP, Emílio Carlos Elias BARACAT, Ronan José VIEIRA   +4 more
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Venoms and Extracellular Vesicles: A New Frontier in Venom Biology

Toxins
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoparticle-sized vesicles secreted by nearly all cell types under normal physiological conditions. In toxicological research, EVs have emerged as a crucial link between public health and multi-omics approaches, offering
Auwal A. Bala, Naoual Oukkache, Elda E. Sanchez, Montamas Suntravat, Jacob A. Galan   +4 more
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Neurotoxicity in Russell's viper envenoming.

, 2013
Sri Lankan farmer with Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming: tissue necrosis at bite site, haematuria, and bilateral ptosis. (Photographs courtesy of Prof. S. A. M. Kularatne, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Udaya K. Ranawaka (469203), David G. Lalloo (101770), H. Janaka de Silva (101764)   +2 more
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