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Reports, 2020 Snakebite envenomations are classified as Category A Neglected Tropical Diseases by the World Health Organization. In Brazil, 405 snake species are distributed among 11 families, with the genera Bothrops and Crotalus being the most studied and main ...
Jilvando M. Medeiros +6 more
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A Meta-Analysis of the Protein Components in Rattlesnake Venom
Toxins, 2021 The specificity and potency of venom components give them a unique advantage in developing various pharmaceutical drugs. Though venom is a cocktail of proteins, rarely are the synergy and association between various venom components studied ...
Anant Deshwal +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Landslide monitoring is a global challenge that can take strong advantage from opportunities offered by Earth Observation (EO). The increasing availability of constellations of small satellites (e.g., CubeSats) is allowing the collection of satellite ...
Paolo Mazzanti +2 more
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Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022 The timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus horridus) is extinct in Rhode Island and Maine with populations in the remaining New England states afforded endangered species status.
Gabriel Montague
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A Review of Rattlesnake Venoms
Toxins, 2023 Venom components are invaluable in biomedical research owing to their specificity and potency. Many of these components exist in two genera of rattlesnakes, Crotalus and Sistrurus, with high toxicity and proteolytic activity variation. This review focuses on venom components within rattlesnakes, and offers a comparison and itemized list of factors ...
Phuc Phan +6 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Crotalus durissus ruruima is a rattlesnake subspecies mainly found in Roraima, the northernmost state of Brazil. Envenomings caused by this subspecies lead to severe clinical manifestations (e.g.
Manuela B. Pucca +18 more
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Toxins, 2020 Snakebite envenomation causes over 140,000 deaths every year, predominantly in developing countries. As a result, it is one of the most lethal neglected tropical diseases. It is associated with incredibly complex pathophysiology due to the vast number of
Harry J. Layfield +12 more
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Bilateral posterior circulation stroke secondary to a crotalid envenomation: case report
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2013 Snake bite envenoming is a disease with potential serious neurological complications. We report a case of an adolescent who was bitten by a rattlesnake and developed bilateral posterior circulation stroke.
Thiago Cardoso Vale +5 more
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Factors Affecting the Detection of an Imperiled and Cryptic Species
Diversity, 2020 Population surveying and monitoring are important for identifying conservation needs and tracking trends in populations, communities, and ecosystems over time and laying the groundwork for conservation management and policy decisions.
John A. Crawford +4 more
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