Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from
venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic …

The development of snake antivenoms more than a century ago should have heralded
effective treatment of the scourge of snakebite envenoming in impoverished, mostly rural …

Previous studies showed that venoms of the monocled cobra, Naja kaouthia from Thailand
and Malaysia are substantially different in their median lethal doses. The intraspecific venom …

A global strategy, under the coordination of the World Health Organization, is being unfolded
to reduce the impact of snakebite envenoming. One of the pillars of this strategy is to ensure …

Venomic analysis of the venoms of Naja nigricollis, N. katiensis, N. nubiae, N. mossambica,
and N. pallida revealed similar compositional trends. The high content of cytotoxins and …

Snakebite envenoming represents a neglected tropical disease that has a heavy public
health impact, particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. A global initiative, aimed at …

The direct estimate of 46,000 snakebite deaths in India in 2005 (1 for every 2 HIV/AIDS
deaths), based on verbal autopsies, renders unrealistic the total of only 47,000 snakebite …

The immune response involves a complex repertoire of innate and adaptive responses to
foreign agents in the organism. The present review focuses on the immune response to …

Mambas (genus Dendroaspis) are among the most feared of the medically important elapid
snakes found in sub-Saharan Africa, but many facets of their biology, including the diversity …

Snakebite envenoming is a major public health problem among rural communities of the
Nigerian savanna. The saw-scaled or carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) and, to a lesser extent …