African adders: partial characterization of snake venoms from three Bitis species of medical importance and their neutralization by experimental equine antivenoms.

• Главные авторы: Danielle Paixão-Cavalcante (Автор), Alexandre K Kuniyoshi (Автор), Fernanda C V Portaro (Автор), Wilmar Dias da Silva (Автор), Denise V Tambourgi (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 a...