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Estudo ecológico do ofidismo em Minas Gerais, 2007 a 2019: mapeamento de áreas de risco e correlação com urbanização e trabalho agropecuário

INTRODUÇÃO: O ofidismo é um problema de saúde pública negligenciado em muitos países tropicais. No Brasil, são registrados cerca de 27.000 acidentes ofídicos por ano. O objetivo deste estudo é descrever o perfil epidemiológico dos acidentes ofídicos em Minas Gerais, Brasil, mapeando áreas de ...

Alternative therapy improves hematological profiles of captive snakes from northeastern Brazil

Objective: Evaluate the effects of alternative therapy on the hematological profiles of different families of captive snakes. Methodology: Captive snakes at NUROF-UFC were submitted to a clinical and hematological evaluation before and after applying an alternative treatment, including systematic sunbath...

Towards better antivenoms: navigating the road to new types of snakebite envenoming therapies

Abstract Snakebite envenoming is a significant global health challenge, and for over a century, traditional plasma-derived antivenoms from hyperimmunized animals have been the primary treatment against this infliction. However, these antivenoms have several inherent limitations, including the risk of cau...

Accidente ofídico como problema de salud pública serpientes en la ciudad

Más Vita; 4 (2), 2022
En todo el planeta ocurren mordeduras por serpiente tanto en humanos, como animales; sin embargo, muchos pueblos carecen de recursos para prestar atención sanitaria, administrar suero antiofídico o mantener seguimiento desde lo multidisciplinario al paciente que quedó con secuelas. Objetivo: Establece...

Achyrocline satureioides (Lam) DC extracts acting as enzyme modulators: digestion, inflammation, and hemostasis

Achyrocline satureioides is popularly known for its richness in phenolic compounds and medicinal properties (anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and hepatoprotective). The present study aimed at broadening the knowledge about the pharmacological potential exerted by the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of A. sat...

Mortalidad causada por animales venenosos en Venezuela (2000-2009): nuevo patrón epidemiológico

Biomédica (Bogotá); 41 (1), 2021
Resumen | Introducción. Los accidentes causados por animales venenosos ocurren con mucha frecuencia en comunidades pobres con acceso limitado a los servicios de salud. Se les consideran enfermedades desatendidas y son una de las causas importantes de morbimortalidad en varias naciones del mundo, incluid...

Características clínico - epidemiológicas de los accidentes ofídicos en un hospital de la Amazonía del Perú
Clinico-epidemiologic characteristics of ophidic accidents in a hospital of the amazonia of Peru

Rev. cuba. med. mil; 50 (1), 2021
Introducción: En el Perú, los accidentes ofídicos son un importante problema de salud pública, debido a una amplia distribución territorial de diferentes tipos de serpientes. Objetivo: Describir las características clínico - epidemiológicas y el manejo de los accidentes ofídicos registrados en...

Development of a species-specific PCR assay for authentication of Agkistrodon acutus based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Electron J Biotechnol; 49 (), 2021
BACKGROUND: Agkistrodon acutus, a traditional Chinese medicine, clinically used in the treatment of rheumatism, tumor, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Due to the unique medicinal value and the difficulty of artificial breeding of Agkistrodon acutus, the supply of Agkistrodon acutus on th...

A case report of human intoxication due to a snakebite by the opisthoglyphous dipsadid Thamnodynastes lanei Bailey, Thomas & Silva-Jr, 2005

Abstract We present a case of human intoxication due to a snakebite by the opisthoglyphous dipsadid Thamnodynastes lanei. A 26-year-old man was bitten on the right hand and was not medicated. Bleeding lasted a few seconds, while paresthesia, chills, and headache persisted for up to 10 hours. The pain dis...

Severe tissue complications in patients of Bothrops snakebite at a tertiary health unit in the Brazilian Amazon: clinical characteristics and associated factors

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Snakebites in the Brazilian Amazon are caused mostly by snakes from the Bothrops genus and envenomated patients may suffer from tissue complications. METHODS: This study aimed to identify risk factors for severe tissue complications (STC) in patients with Bothrops snakebite in t...