Development of sandwich ELISA and lateral flow strip assays for diagnosing clinically significant snakebite in Taiwan.

• Main Authors: Chien-Chun Liu (Author), Jau-Song Yu (Author), Po-Jung Wang (Author), Yung-Chin Hsiao (Author), Chien-Hsin Liu (Author), Yen-Chia Chen (Author), Pei-Fang Lai (Author), Chih-Po Hsu (Author), Wen-Chih Fann (Author), Chih-Chuan Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Taiwan is an island located in the south Pacific, a subtropical region that is home to 61 species of snakes. Of these snakes, four species-Trimeresurus stejnegeri, Protobothrops mucrosquamatus, Bungarus multicinctus and Naja atra-account for more than 90% of clinical envenomation cases. Currently, t...