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Pre-Clinical Assays Predict Pan-African Echis Viper Efficacy for a Species-Specific Antivenom
BACKGROUND: Snakebite is a significant cause of death and disability in subsistent farming populations of sub-Saharan Africa. Antivenom is the most effective treatment of envenoming and is manufactured from IgG of venom-immunised horses/sheep but, because of complex fiscal reasons, there is a paucit...
Autores principales: | Casewell, Nicholas R., Cook, Darren A. N., Wagstaff, Simon C., Nasidi, Abdulsalami, Durfa, Nandul, Wüster, Wolfgang, Harrison, Robert A. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21049058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000851 |
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