Standardization of assays for testing the neutralizing ability of antivenoms

Toxicon

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1127-1129

  Gutiérrez, JoséMaría ^a   Rojas, Gustavo ^a   Lomonte, Bruno ^a   Gené, JoséAntonio ^a   Chaves, Fernando ^a   Alvarado, Jorge ^a   Rojas, Ermila ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

BIOASSAY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANTIVENINS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SNAKE VENOMS;

SERPENTES;

EID: 0025048405     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(90)90110-S     Document Type: Letter

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4. Cross reactivity of mono- and polyvalent antivenoms with Viperidae and Crotalidae snake venoms
5. Snake venom hemorrhagins: neutralization by commercial antivenoms
6. A new method for quantitating hemorrhage induced by rattlesnake venoms: ability of polyvalent antivenom to neutralize hemorrhagic activity
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8. In vivo ability of antimyotoxin a serum plus polyvalent (Crotalidae) antivenom to neutralize prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis) venom
9. Mouse foot pad test for the determination of antiedema-forming and antihemorrhagic potency of snake antivenom. I. Cross neutralization test of Habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) and Sakishima-habu (T. elegans) venom with its antivenoms