Pre-clinical assays predict pan-African Echis viper efficacy for a species-specific antivenom.

• Main Authors: Nicholas R Casewell (Author), Darren A N Cook (Author), Simon C Wagstaff (Author), Abdulsalami Nasidi (Author), Nandul Durfa (Author), Wolfgang Wüster (Author), Robert A Harrison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Snakebite is a significant cause of death and disability in subsistent farming populations of sub-Saharan Africa. Antivenom is the most effective treatment of envenoming and is manufactured from IgG of venom-immunised horses/sheep but, because of complex fiscal reasons, there is a paucity of antiven...