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An Examination of the Neutralization of In Vitro Toxicity of Chinese Cobra (Naja atra) Venom by Different Antivenoms

Biomedicines, 2020
The Chinese Cobra (Naja atra) is an elapid snake of major medical importance in southern China. We describe the in vitro neurotoxic, myotoxic, and cytotoxic effects of N.
Qing Liang, Tam Minh Huynh, Nicki Konstantakopoulos, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Wayne C. Hodgson   +4 more
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Snake Bite Management: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Background:. Around the world, snake bite envenomation remains an underreported human health hazard. Envenomation can cause local and systemic complications, especially when there is a lack of antivenom availability.
Jeffrey J. Russell, Anna Schoenbrunner, MD, Jeffrey E. Janis, MD   +2 more
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Comparative evaluation of adverse effects in the use of powder trivalent antivenom and liquid antivenoms in Bothrops snake bites

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012
INTRODUCTION: Snake bite, a problem in public health, generally occurs where there is no electric power. METHODS: A comparative clinical study was conducted with 102 victims of Bothrops snake bite, from the state of Amazonas, Brazil; 58 victims were ...
Iran Mendonça da Silva, Antônio Magela Tavares   +1 more
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The Clinical Usefulness of Taiwan Bivalent Freeze-Dried Hemorrhagic Antivenom in Protobothrops mucrosquamatus- and Viridovipera stejnegeri-Envenomed Patients

Toxins, 2022
Snakebites from Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (Taiwan habus) and Viridovipera stejnegeri (green bamboo vipers) account for the most venomous snakebites in Taiwan.
Chih-Chuan Lin, Chia-Pang Shih, Chia-Cheng Wang, Chun-Hsiang Ouyang, Chien-Chun Liu, Jau-Song Yu, Chih-Hong Lo   +6 more
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Drug Discovery for Snakebite Envenoming: Wanderings Amid Historical Antidotes and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities [PDF]

ChemMedChem
In this review, we provide an overview of selected historical antidotes against snakebite envenomation used in early modern Europe. Then, the evidence‐based antivenom activity of some natural compounds is discussed as resulting from more than two decades of research studies.
Bianconi E, Camaioni E, Oszajca P, Macchiarulo A.   +3 more
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Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic clinical syndromes and can be complicated by serious and life-threatening ...
Kalana Maduwage, Geoffrey K Isbister
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Serum IgE against galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose is common in Laotian patients with snakebite envenoming but not the major trigger for early anaphylactic reactions to antivenom

Toxicon: X, 2020
Snake antivenom is the only specific treatment for snakebite envenoming, but life-threatening anaphylaxis is a severe side effect and drawback for the use of these typically mammalian serum products.
Joerg Blessmann, Soulaphap Hanlodsomphou, Bounlom Santisouk, Khamla Choumlivong, Somphet Soukhaphouvong, Phankham Chanthilat, Knut Brockow, Tilo Biedermann   +7 more
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Preparation and Evaluation of a Horse Antiserum against the Venom of Sea Snake Hydrophis curtus from Hainan, China

Toxins, 2022
Sea snake venom is extremely toxic, and it can induce severe respiratory failure and cause high mortality. The most effective first aid treatment for sea snake bites is to inject antivenom as soon as possible. However, in China, there are only four types
Bo Wang, Guoyan Liu, Min Luo, Xin Zhang, Qianqian Wang, Shuaijun Zou, Fuhai Zhang, Xia Jin, Liming Zhang   +8 more
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Epidemiology and outcome of snake bite cases evaluated at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2009
Summary: Objectives: To study the epidemiology of snake bite patients evaluated at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, and to study their clinical course and outcome.
Adil Al-Lawati, Seif S. Al-Abri, David G. Lalloo   +2 more
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In Vitro Neurotoxicity of Chinese Krait (Bungarus multicinctus) Venom and Neutralization by Antivenoms

Toxins, 2021
Bungarus multicinctus, the Chinese krait, is a highly venomous elapid snake which causes considerable morbidity and mortality in southern China. B.
Qing Liang, Tam Minh Huynh, Yen Zhi Ng, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Wayne C. Hodgson   +4 more
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