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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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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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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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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
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
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
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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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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Snakebites and COVID-19: two crises, one research and development opportunity
Julien Potet +2 more
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