Repurposing cancer drugs, batimastat and marimastat, to inhibit the activity of a group I metalloprotease from the venom of the Western Diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox [PDF]
, 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.
Bicknell, Andrew B. +12 more
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Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad [PDF]
, 2001 Background Ethnomedicines are used by hunters for themselves and their hunting dogs in Trinidad. Plants are used for snakebites, scorpion stings, for injuries and mange of dogs and to facilitate hunting success. Results Plants used include Piper hispidum,
M Heinrich +137 more
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Snakebite and its socio-economic impact on the rural population of Tamil Nadu, India [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Snakebite represents a significant health issue worldwide, affecting several million people each year with as many as 95,000 deaths. India is considered to be the country most affected, but much remains unknown about snakebite incidence in
A Kasturiratne +30 more
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Epidemiological, Clinical and Treatment Aspects Related to Snakebites in Dogs and Cats
Revista de Medicina Veterinaria, 2015 Annually, around 5,400,000 snakebites occur worldwide, 50% of which produce poisoning, and 2.5% of which result in death. In Latin America, 150,000 snakebites and 5,000 deaths are estimated for this cause.
Silvia Posada Arias
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Epidemiology of snakebites in Colombia (2008-2016).
Revista de Salud Pública, 2020 OBJECTIVE To describe the main epidemiological features of snakebites in Colombia during the period 2008 to 2016. METHODS A retrospective (quantitative) descriptive analytical empirical study was carried out, based on the official databases of the ...
L. León-Núñez +2 more
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The Urgent Need to Develop Novel Strategies for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Snakebites
Toxins, 2019 Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a priority neglected tropical disease, which kills in excess of 100,000 people per year. Additionally, many millions of survivors also suffer through disabilities and long-term health consequences. The only treatment for SBE,
Harry F. Williams +6 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Background Data on incidence of snakebites and the responsible snake species are largely missing in Vietnam and comprehensive national guidelines for management of snakebite envenoming are not yet available.
V. V. Thang +7 more
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Histopathological analysis and in situ localisation of Australian tiger snake venom in two clinically envenomed domestic animals [PDF]
, 2011 Objective: To assess histopathological changes in clinically envenomed tiger snake patients and identify tissue specific localisation of venom toxins using immunohistochemistry.
Balmer, L. +5 more
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Association Between Fear and Beauty Evaluation of Snakes: Cross-Cultural Findings
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 According to the fear module theory, humans are evolutionarily predisposed to perceive snakes as prioritized stimuli and exhibit a fast emotional and behavioral response toward them.
Eva Landová +12 more
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Degradomics for large‐scale mechanistic insights on proteases and proteolysis in human health
The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.Proteolysis has an important role in human disease but remains relatively unexplored. Degradomics, the uncovering of proteolysis in tissues, cells, and proteins, uses mass spectrometry‐based terminomics to identify protein termini occurring therein (forward degradomics) and to define the actions of proteases (reverse degradomics).
Daniel R. Martin +2 more
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