Immunoreactivity and neutralization study of Chinese Bungarus multicinctus antivenin and lab-prepared anti-bungarotoxin antisera towards purified bungarotoxins and snake venoms.

• Main Authors: Bo Lin (Author), Jia-Rui Zhang (Author), Hui-Juan Lu (Author), Lin Zhao (Author), Jing Chen (Author), Hong-Fei Zhang (Author), Xue-Song Wei (Author), Liang-Yu Zhang (Author), Xiao-Bing Wu (Author), Wen-Hui Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Bungarus multicinctus is the most venomous snake distributed in China and neighboring countries of Myanmar, Laos, north Vietnam and Thailand. The high mortality rate of B. multicinctus envenomation is attributed to the lethal components of α-, β-, γ- and κ- bungarotoxins contained in the venom. Alth...