Neutralizing potency of horse antibothropic antivenom. Correlation between in vivo and in vitro methods

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1433-1439

  Maria, Wany S ^a,d   Cambuy, Marcia O ^c   Costa, José O ^d   Velarde, David T ^a   Chávez Olórtegui, Carlos ^a,b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Ctro Pesquisa Prod Imunobiologicos   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; ENVENOMATION; HEMOLYSIS; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; HORSES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; BOTHROPS MOOJENI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031829907     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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