Development of immunoassays for determination of circulating venom antigens during envenomations by coral snakes (Micrurus species)

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1605-1616

  Amuy, Ernesto ^a   Alape Girón, Alberto ^a,b   Lomonte, Bruno ^a   Thelestam, Monica ^b   Gutiérrez, Jose Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; VENOM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICE; RABBITS; SNAKE BITES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; FULVIUS; MICRURUS; MICRURUS FULVIUS; MICRURUS NIGROCINCTUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030728220     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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