Update of antivenom supply for redback spider bites in Japan

In autumn 2014, with great effort by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the research group will obtain several vials of redback spider (RBS) antivenom for emergency use. However, these small amounts of antivenom are insufficient to cover the demands from majority of hospitals in Japan. The...

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Autores principales: Hifumi, Toru, Taki, Hisashi, Yamamoto, Akihiko, Ato, Manabu, Koido, Yuichi, Kuroda, Yasuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25705432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-014-0070-3
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Sumario:In autumn 2014, with great effort by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the research group will obtain several vials of redback spider (RBS) antivenom for emergency use. However, these small amounts of antivenom are insufficient to cover the demands from majority of hospitals in Japan. The research group carefully discussed the domestic RBS antivenom production by themselves for this emergency. We have now entered the second stage for large-scale antivenom production. Although the domestic production of RBS antivenom has started, great caution is required as we move forward with this plan.

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