Resumo O aporte de insumos para o tratamento de acidentes ofídicos, bem como o treinamento da equipe assistencial devem ser orientados de acordo com a frequência e riscos por áreas geográficas. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a tendência da taxa de incidência de acidentes ofídicos segundo gên...
ABSTRACT 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 Public Health Surveillance in the Integral Inf...
This study addresses the clinical and epidemiological aspects of envenoming cases resulting from snakebites treated at a hospital in Cruzeiro do Sul, in the upper Juruá River region, western Brazilian Amazonia. The specific identity of snakes that caused the envenomings was inferred (a) from the diagnos...
As serpentes vindas da natureza e encaminhadas para centros de reabilitação ou de pesquisa têm uma idade incerta. Na natureza, esses animais, muitas vezes atingem um tamanho corpóreo menor do que os indivíduos cativos devido a uma menor frequência de alimentação. Assim, a idade de uma cobra recé...
Abstract 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 great importance. The present study aimed t...
Garcia, Viviane Campos;
Navas-Suárez, Pedro Enrique;
Fonseca-Pinto, Ana Carolina Brandão de Campos;
Unruh, Silvana Maria;
Knöbl, Terezinha;
Vac, Mirian Halásc;
Momo, Claudia;
Lugo, Maria Alejandra Arias;
Catão-Dias, José Luiz;
Almeida-Santos, Selma Maria.
Osteitis deformans (Paget’s disease) is a chronic bone disorder characterized by excessive osteoclast-mediated bone resorption followed by new bone formation. The present paper reports this condition in an 18-year-old captive golden lancehead (Bothrops insularis) from Brazil. This patient...
Bothrops are one of the most common medically important snakes found in Latin America. Its venom is predominantly hemotoxic and proteolytic, which means that local lesion (edema and redness) and hemorrhagic symptoms are recurrent in envenoming by this snake. Although hemorrhage is usually the major cause...
Pereira, Leandro de Mattos;
Messias, Elisa Alves;
Sorroche, Bruna Pereira;
Oliveira, Angela das Neves;
Arantes, Lidia Maria Rebolho Batista;
Carvalho, Ana Carolina de;
Tanaka-Azevedo, Anita Mitico;
Grego, Kathleen Fernandes;
Carvalho, André Lopes;
Melendez, Matias Eliseo.
Lack of complete genomic data of Bothrops jararaca impedes molecular biology research focusing on biotechnological applications of venom gland components. Identification of full-length coding regions of genes is crucial for the correct molecular cloning design. Methods: RNA was extracted from the venom ...
Pathogenesis of Bothrops envenomations is complex and despite numerous studies on the effects of this snake venom on various biological systems, relatively little is known about such effects on the male reproductive system. In the present study, the toxicological outcomes of the low molecular weight frac...
