Toxins, 2023 Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease prevalent in South Asia. In Pakistan, antivenoms are commonly imported from India despite the controversy over their effectiveness.
Andy Shing Seng Lim +6 more
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Infestation of Ecotoparasites on Yellow-Lipped sea Kraits (Laticauda Colubrina) at Kalampunian Damit and Gaya Island.Sabah [PDF]
, 2008 The present study discuss about the infestation of ectoparasite on yellow-lipped sea kraits, Laticauda colubrina at Kalampunian Damit and Gaya Island, Sabah. A total of 45 samples of L.
Muhammad Noor Aiman Mazlan
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Nonvenomous snakebites that mimic venomous snakes in Sri Lanka [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical ToxicologyIntroduction: Venomous snakes are of significant medical importance and are categorized into two groups: highly medically important snakes and lesser medically important snakes.
R.M.M.K.Namal Rathnayaka +1 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2016 Background Neurotoxic envenomation following bites by kraits (Bungarus species) is a leading cause of snakebite mortality in South Asia. Over a long time, this had been attributed only to one species, the common krait (Bungarus caeruleus).
Deb Prasad Pandey +4 more
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Horizontal transfer and subsequent explosive expansion of a DNA transposon in sea kraits (Laticauda) [PDF]
, 2021 Transposable elements (TEs) are self-replicating genetic sequences and are often described as important ‘drivers of evolution’. This driving force is because TEs promote genomic novelty by enabling rearrangement, and through exaptation as coding and ...
Adelson, David L., +14 more
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Neurotoxicity of Sri Lankan Krait (<i>Bungarus ceylonicus</i>) and Common Krait (<i>Bungarus caeruleus</i>) Venoms and Their Neutralisation by Commercial Antivenoms In Vitro. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel)The common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) and the endemic Sri Lankan krait (B. ceylonicus) are two species of krait responsible for envenomings in Sri Lanka that result in progressive neuromuscular paralysis. We characterised the in vitro neurotoxicity of B. ceylonicus and B.
Galappaththige J +4 more
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Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile ScienceIntroductionThe dietary habit of Wall’s Krait (Bungarus walli), which causes several fatalities annually in some South Asian countries, is poorly known. Herein we aim to illustrate the food contents in the gut of preserved B.
Deb P. Pandey +3 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2007 Background Snake venom composition varies widely both among closely related species and within the same species, based on ecological variables. In terrestrial snakes, such variation has been proposed to be due to snakes' diet.
Fry Bryan G +3 more
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Cross neutralization of Afro-Asian cobra and Asian krait venoms by a Thai polyvalent snake antivenom (Neuro Polyvalent Snake Antivenom). [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BACKGROUND: Snake envenomation is a serious public health threat in the rural areas of Asian and African countries. To date, the only proven treatment for snake envenomation is antivenom therapy.
Poh Kuan Leong +5 more
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First report of leucism for the kraits Bungarus walli Wall, 1907 and B. niger Wall, 1908, with updates on their geographic distribution in Nepal (Serpentes, Elapidae) [PDF]
, 2020 © 2020 The Authors. Published by Societas Europaea Herpetologica in Herpetology Notes. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence.
Sah, Ganesh +4 more
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