LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Epidemiological study of snakebite cases in Brazilian Western Amazonia

Roriz, Katia Regina Pena Schesquini; Zaqueo, Kayena Delaix; Setubal, Sulamita Silva; Katsuragawa, Tony Hiroshi; Silva, Renato Roriz da; Fernandes, Carla Freire Celedônio; Cardoso, Luiz Augusto Paiva; Rodrigues, Moreno Magalhães de Souza; Soares, Andreimar Martins; Stábeli, Rodrigo Guerino; Zuliani, Juliana Pavan.

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 51 (3), 2018

Abstract INTRODUCTION Brazil has the largest number of snakebite cases in South America, of which the large majority is concentrated in the Midwest and North. METHODS In this descriptive observational study, we assessed the epidemiological and clinical snakebite cases referred to the Centro de Medici...

Antivenenos/administración & dosificación, Bothrops, Brasil/epidemiología, Notificación de Enfermedades, Elapidae, Estudios Epidemiológicos, Incidencia, Persona de Mediana Edad, Estaciones del Año, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad, Mordeduras de Serpientes/complicaciones, Mordeduras de Serpientes/tratamiento farmacológico, Mordeduras de Serpientes/epidemiología

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Preclinical efficacy against toxic activities of medically relevant Bothrops sp. (Serpentes: Viperidae) snake venoms by a polyspecific antivenom produced in Mexico

Segura, Álvaro; Herrera, María; Vargas, Mariángela; Villalta, Mauren; Uscanga-Reynell, Alfredo; León, Guillermo; Gutiérrez, JoséMaría.

Rev. biol. trop; 65 (1), 2017

Abstract:The assessment of the preclinical neutralizing ability of antivenoms in Latin America is necessary to determine their scope of efficacy. This study was aimed at analyzing the neutralizing efficacy of a polyspecific bothropic-crotalic antivenom manufactured by BIRMEX in Mexico against lethal, hem...