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African Adders: Partial Characterization of Snake Venoms from Three Bitis Species of Medical Importance and Their Neutralization by Experimental Equine Antivenoms
BACKGROUND: An alarming number of fatal accidents involving snakes are annually reported in Africa and most of the victims suffer from permanent local tissue damage and chronic disabilities. Envenomation by snakes belonging to the genus Bitis, Viperidae family, are common in Sub-Saharan Africa. The...
Autores principales: | Paixão-Cavalcante, Danielle, Kuniyoshi, Alexandre K., Portaro, Fernanda C. V., da Silva, Wilmar Dias, Tambourgi, Denise V. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25643358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003419 |
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