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Scientific Reports, 2019 We investigated the cardiovascular effects of venoms from seven medically important species of snakes: Australian Eastern Brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis), Sri Lankan Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii), Javanese Russell’s viper (D.
Rahini Kakumanu +5 more
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Cytotoxicity of Southeast Asian snake venoms
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2012 Cytotoxicity of venoms from eleven medically important snakes found in Southeast Asia (Naja kaouthia, Naja siamensis, Naja sumatrana, Ophiophagus hannah, Bungarus candidus, Bungarus fasciatus, Enhydrina schistosa, Calloselasma rhodostoma, Trimeresurus ...
A Jamunaa +4 more
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Occurrence and evolution of cannibal behaviour in extant snakes
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extant snakes (Serpentes) are a highly diverse group of squamate reptiles, which have independently evolved key morphological adaptations to consume a large variety of vertebrate and invertebrate prey. While these predator–prey interactions have been widely addressed by several studies, little is known regarding the occurrence of cannibal ...
Bruna B. Falcão +2 more
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Venomous Snakebites in Croatia, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Treatment
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2022 Venomous snake bites are recognized as a major public health problem, affecting mostly poor, underdeveloped areas in the tropical and subtropical areas.
Darinka Tunjić Pejak +2 more
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Neurotoxicity research, 2022 The targeting of specific prey by snake venom toxins is a fascinating aspect of molecular and ecological evolution. Neurotoxic targeting by elapid snakes dominates the literature in this regard; however, recent studies have revealed viper toxins also ...
Abhinandan Chowdhury, C. Zdenek, B. Fry
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Measuring Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Levels: Applications, Limitations, and Future Directions
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction There are important challenges with the measurement and interpretation of direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) anticoagulant effect including a lack of therapeutic ranges, inaccuracy of routinely available coagulation assays, lack of established thresholds for clinically significant effect, and uncertainty about how to apply the ...
Siraj Mithoowani +2 more
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Toxicity and symptomatic identification of species involved in snakebites in the Indian subcontinent
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2006 Snakebites, being the major occupational hazard for farm workers, claim a large number of lives in the Indian subcontinent. During the course of medical management, identification of the biting species is given a low priority, resorting to prescription ...
V. Kumar, R. Maheshwari, H. K. Verma
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The wide gape of snakes: A comparison of the developing mandibular symphysis in sauropsids
Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.Our analysis explores the adaptations at the mandibular symphysis required to allow extreme lower jaw mobility in macrostomate snakes taking a comparative approach. Abstract The origin and evolution of snakes has been marked by the acquisition of many morphological and functional novelties, one of which is the possession of a highly kinetic skull ...
Maricci Basa +3 more
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Toxins, 2020 Snake venoms possess lethal activities against different organisms, ranging from bacteria to higher vertebrates. Several venoms were shown to be active against protozoa, however, data about the anti-protozoan activity of cobra and viper venoms are very ...
Olga N. Kuleshina +9 more
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Digital Disease Ecologies: Encounter, Datafication and the Digital Geographies of One Health
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract Through the case of Snake Awareness Rescue Protection App (SARPA), a digital snake translocation and snakebite prevention mobile phone application in Kerala, India, this paper extends recent geographical ‘digital ecologies’ scholarship's concern for the digitisation of more‐than‐human worlds to digital health technology and disease ...
George Kirkham
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