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Outline of an Anthropological Contribution to the Study of Snake Venom Variability: The Case of Echis sp. Envenomation

open access: yesEthnobiology Letters, 2014
An understanding of the variability of snake venom composition is of high relevance for adequate treatment of snakebites. Clinical observations of bite victims are considered as a first step in the study of venom variability.
Tilman Musch
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Venomous Snakebites

open access: yesMedicina, 2011
More than 5 million people are bitten by venomous snakes annually and more than 100 000 of them die. In Europe, one person dies due to envenomation every 3 years. There is only one venomous snake species in Lithuania – the common adder (Vipera berus) – which belongs to the Viperidae family; however, there are some exotic poisonous snakes in the zoos ...
Adukauskienė, Dalia   +2 more
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Snakebites in lebanon: a descriptive study of snakebite victims treated at a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon

open access: yesJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2018
Background: Snakebites lead to at least 421,000 envenomations and result in more than 20,000 deaths per year worldwide. Few reports exist in the Mediterranean region.
Tharwat El Zahran   +4 more
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Proteomic Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Plasma and Peritoneal Exudate in Mice Induced by Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus Crude Venom and Its Purified Cysteine-Rich Secretory Protein (Css-CRiSP)

open access: yesToxins, 2023
Increased vascular permeability is a frequent outcome of viperid snakebite envenomation, leading to local and systemic complications. We reported that snake venom cysteine-rich secretory proteins (svCRiSPs) from North American pit vipers increase ...
Armando Reyes   +6 more
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Emergency dealing with snakebites

open access: yesنشریه پرستاری ایران, 1988
EXTRACTAnyone who may one day be faced with an injured snake bitten and be forced to take care of him. If this person does not know how to treat these patients consciously and quickly, may cause further injury or even death in them.
Ghaemmaghami A.
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Fatal bothropic snakebite in a horse: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2011
The present study reports a snakebite in a horse in the state of Pará, Brazil. At initial evaluation the animal was reluctant to walk and had tachycardia, tachypnea, severe lameness, bleeding on the pastern and swelling around the left hind leg.
NS Silva   +7 more
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Epidemiological analysis of snakebite victims in southwestern Iran

open access: yesJournal of Acute Disease, 2019
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of snakebites and associated epidemiologic factors in Khorram-shahr County, Iran, between 2013 and 2017. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study. Information was collected and recorded via
Hamid Kassiri   +4 more
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Protein Identification of Venoms of the African Spitting Cobras, Naja mossambica and Naja nigricincta nigricincta

open access: yesToxins, 2020
Cobra snakes, including Naja mossambica and Naja nigricincta nigricincta, are one of the major groups of snakes responsible for snakebites in southern Africa, producing significant cytotoxicity and tissue damage. The venom of N.
Ottilie Katali   +8 more
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Snakebite envenoming [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2019
Himmatrao Saluba, Bawaskar   +1 more
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Snakebites and COVID-19: two crises, one research and development opportunity

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2021
Julien Potet   +2 more
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