Snakebite biomedical and epidemiological aspects in the department of Cauca, Colombia, 2009-2018 [PDF]
Biomedica, 2021 Introducción. El ofidismo en Colombia es un problema de salud pública, lo cual se hace evidente al examinar los datos epidemiológicos a nivel latinoamericano, pues el país ocupa el tercer lugar en número de accidentes ofídicos después de Brasil y México.
Sevilla-Sánchez MJ +2 more
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Isolation and Functional Characterization of an Acidic Myotoxic Phospholipase A₂ from Colombian Bothrops asper Venom. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2017 Myotoxic phospholipases A2 (PLA2) are responsible for many clinical manifestations in envenomation by Bothrops snakes. A new myotoxic acidic Asp49 PLA2 (BaCol PLA2) was isolated from Colombian Bothrops asper venom using reverse-phase high performance ...
Posada Arias S +7 more
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Inhibition of a Snake Venom Metalloproteinase by the Flavonoid Myricetin. [PDF]
Molecules, 2018 Most of the snakebite envenomations in Central and South America are caused by species belonging to Bothrops genus. Their venom is composed mainly by zinc-dependent metalloproteinases, responsible of the hemorrhage characteristic of these envenomations ...
Preciado LM +4 more
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Snake venomics of Bothrops punctatus, a semiarboreal pitviper species from Antioquia, Colombia. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Bothrops punctatus is an endangered, semi-arboreal pitviper species distributed in Panamá, Colombia, and Ecuador, whose venom is poorly characterized.
Fernández Culma M +3 more
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Conhecimento do tema ofidismo entre futuros professores de Ciências Biológicas do Estado do Ceará [PDF]
Ciência & Educação (Bauru), 2013 Os temas ligados ao ofidismo são bastante enfatizados entre os assuntos da saúde pública. Partindo da premissa de que biólogos devem possuir conhecimento básico sobre identificação de serpentes, e noções sobre sintomatologia e tratamento de acidentes com estes animais, verificamos os conhecimentos teóricos e práticos sobre ofidismo entre alunos dos ...
Castro, Déborah Praciano +1 more
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MipLAAO, a new L-amino acid oxidase from the redtail coral snake Micrurus mipartitus. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 L-amino acid oxidases (LAAOs) are ubiquitous enzymes in nature. Bioactivities described for these enzymes include apoptosis induction, edema formation, induction or inhibition of platelet aggregation, as well as antiviral, antiparasite, and antibacterial
Rey-Suárez P +5 more
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Sulfur Compounds as Inhibitors of Enzymatic Activity of a Snake Venom Phospholipase A2: Benzyl 4-nitrobenzenecarbodithioate as a Case of Study. [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 Snakebite is a neglected disease with a high impact in tropical and subtropical countries. Therapy based on antivenom has limited efficacy in local tissue damage caused by venoms. Phospholipases A2 (PLA2) are enzymes that abundantly occur in snake venoms
Henao Castañeda I +3 more
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Tendência temporal e perfil epidemiológico dos acidentes por animais peçonhentos no Brasil, 2007-2019 [PDF]
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, 2022 Objective: To analyze the temporal trend of accidents by venomous animals in Brazil from 2007 to 2019. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System – Sinan.
Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio +6 more
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Ofidismo no Tocantins: análise ecológica de determinantes e áreas de risco, 2007-2015 * [PDF]
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, 2020 Objetivo. Investigar o perfil dos casos de acidentes ofídicos, seus determinantes e áreas de risco no estado do Tocantins. Métodos. Estudo ecológico, com dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravo de Notificação do período 2007-2015. Empregou-se regressão linear múltipla e os testes Mann-Whitney e Kruskal-Wallis. Resultados.
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Snakebite in the department of Nariño, Colombia: a retrospective analysis, 2008-2017 [PDF]
Biomedica, 2019 Introducción. El ofidismo es un relevante problema de salud pública y, en Colombia, se incluyó como un evento de notificación obligatoria desde el año 2004.
Sevilla-Sánchez MJ +4 more
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