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Influential Factors of Local Tissue Necrosis after Taiwan Cobra Bites: A Secondary Analysis of the Clinical Significance of Venom Detection in Patients of Cobra Snakebites

Toxins, 2021
Local tissue swelling, inflammation, and wound necrosis are observed in Taiwan cobra bites. Knowledge of the factors influencing local tissue necrosis after cobra bites might improve the cobra bite treatment strategy.
Chih-Chuan Lin, Chung-Hsien Chaou, Shi-Ying Gao   +2 more
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Oral Bacteria and Their Antibiotic Susceptibilities in Taiwanese Venomous Snakes

Microorganisms, 2022
Wound infections after venomous snakebites are clinically important. Information regarding the nature and antibiotic susceptibilities of snake oral bacterial flora could support empiric antibiotic therapy.
Po-Chun Chuang, Wen-Hao Lin, Yi-Chun Chen, Chun-Chih Chien, I-Min Chiu, Tein-Shun Tsai   +5 more
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Seasonal variation, treatment outcome, and its associated factors among the snakebite patients in Somali region, Ethiopia

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundSnakebite is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in many areas, particularly in the rural tropics, and is a major public health problem around the world.
Ahmed Abdullahi, Nejib Yusuf, Adera Debella, Addis Eyeberu, Alemayehu Deressa, Habtamu Bekele, Indeshaw Ketema, Ibsa Mussa Abdulahi, Fitsum Weldegebreal   +8 more
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Immersing in a Neglected Problem Inside the Amazon Jungle: Abstracts of the 1st International Symposium on Research in Venomous Animals, Manaus, Brazil

Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023
The Amazon represents the world’s greatest biodiversity and covers different countries in South America, including Brazil with the largest area. The interaction between the resident population of this area and its ecosystem is responsible for an intense ...
Jacqueline Sachett, Felipe Murta, Ana Maria Moura da Silva, Altair Seabra de Farias, Igor Luis Kaefer, Pedro Bisneto, Felipe Cerni, Érica da Silva Carvalho, Gisele Santos Rocha, Hector Koolen, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Allyson Guimarães Costa, Vanderson Sampaio, Manuela Pucca, Fan Hui Wen, Marco Aurélio Sartim, Wuelton Monteiro   +16 more
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Preliminary Insights of Brazilian Snake Venom Metalloproteomics

Toxins, 2023
Snakebite envenoming is one of the most significantly neglected tropical diseases in the world. The lack of diagnosis/prognosis methods for snakebite is one of our motivations to develop innovative technological solutions for Brazilian health.
Bruna Cavecci-Mendonça, Karen Monique Luciano, Tauane Vaccas, Laudicéia Alves de Oliveira, Eloisa Fornaro Clemente, Bruno Cesar Rossini, José Cavalcante Souza Vieira, Luciana Curtolo de Barros, Ilka Biondi, Pedro de Magalhães Padilha, Lucilene Delazari dos Santos   +10 more
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Diversity of Phospholipases A₂ from Bothrops atrox Snake Venom: Adaptive Advantages for Snakes Compromising Treatments for Snakebite Patients

Toxins, 2022
The evolution of snake venoms resulted in multigene toxin families that code for structurally similar isoforms eventually harboring distinct functions. PLA2s are dominant toxins in viper venoms, and little is known about the impact of their diversity on ...
Leijiane F. Sousa, Amanda P. Freitas, Bruna L. Cardoso, Tiago H. M. Del-Rei, Vanessa A. Mendes, Daniele P. Oréfice, Marisa M. T. Rocha, Benedito C. Prezoto, Ana M. Moura-da-Silva   +8 more
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Snakebites in Rio Branco and surrounding region, Acre, Western Brazilian Amazon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION Snakebites are considered a neglected tropical disease in many countries in Latin America, including Brazil. As few studies have assessed snakebites in the Amazon region and especially in the state of Acre, epidemiological studies are of ...
Laiane Parente de Oliveira, José Genivaldo do Vale Moreira, Jacqueline de Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde   +5 more
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Wound Infection of Snakebite from Venomous Protobothrops mucrosquamatus, Viridovipera stejnegeri and Naja atra in Taiwan: Validation of BITE and Cobra BITE Scoring Systems and their Bacteriological Differences in Wound Cultures

Toxins, 2023
Patients bitten by Protobothrops mucrosquamatus, Viridovipera stejnegeri, and Naja atra develop different degrees of wound infection. This study validated BITE and Cobra BITE scoring systems that we established previously.
Heng Yeh, Shi-Ying Gao, Chih-Chuan Lin
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Snakebite envenoming [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that kills >100,000 people and maims >400,000 people every year. Impoverished populations living in the rural tropics are particularly vulnerable; snakebite envenoming perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins that exert a wide range of toxic actions.
Gutiérrez, J, Calvete, J, Habib, A, Harrison, R, Williams, D, Warrell, D   +5 more
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Plant-Derived Toxin Inhibitors as Potential Candidates to Complement Antivenom Treatment in Snakebite Envenomations

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Snakebite envenomations (SBEs) are a neglected medical condition of global importance that mainly affect the tropical and subtropical regions. Clinical manifestations include pain, edema, hemorrhage, tissue necrosis, and neurotoxic signs, and may evolve ...
Asenate A. X. Adrião, Aline O. dos Santos, Emilly J. S. P. de Lima, Jéssica B. Maciel, Weider H. P. Paz, Felipe M. A. da Silva, Felipe M. A. da Silva, Manuela B. Pucca, Ana M. Moura-da-Silva, Ana M. Moura-da-Silva, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Marco A. Sartim, Marco A. Sartim, Marco A. Sartim, Hector H. F. Koolen, Hector H. F. Koolen, Hector H. F. Koolen   +16 more
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