Snakebite: When the human touch becomes a bad touch

BG Fry - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Many issues and complications in treating snakebite are a result of poor human social,
economic and clinical intervention and management. As such, there is scope for significant …

Highlights of animal venom research on the geographical variations of toxin components, toxicities and envenomation therapy

C Yu, H Yu, P Li - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
Geographical variation of animal venom is common among venomous animals. This kind of
intraspecific variation based on geographical location mainly concerned from envenomation …

Evidence for divergent patterns of local selection driving venom variation in Mojave Rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus)

JL Strickland, CF Smith, AJ Mason, DR Schield… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Snake venoms represent an enriched system for investigating the evolutionary processes
that lead to complex and dynamic trophic adaptations. It has long been hypothesized that …

A clot twist: extreme variation in coagulotoxicity mechanisms in Mexican neotropical rattlesnake venoms

L Seneci, CN Zdenek, A Chowdhury… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rattlesnakes are a diverse clade of pit vipers (snake family Viperidae, subfamily Crotalinae)
that consists of numerous medically significant species. We used validated in vitro assays …

Factor X activating Atractaspis snake venoms and the relative coagulotoxicity neutralising efficacy of African antivenoms

B Oulion, JS Dobson, CN Zdenek, K Arbuckle, C Lister… - Toxicology Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Atractaspis snake species are enigmatic in their natural history, and venom effects are
correspondingly poorly described. Clinical reports are scarce but bites have been described …

[HTML][HTML] Tiny but Mighty: Vipera ammodytes meridionalis (Eastern Long-Nosed Viper) Ontogenetic Venom Variations in Procoagulant Potency and the Impact on …

Z Qiao, L Jones, LA Bourke, L Seneci, A Chowdhury… - Toxins, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Eastern Long-Nosed Viper (Vipera ammodytes meridionalis) is considered one of the
most venomous snakes in Europe. However, it is unknown whether ontogenetic variation in …