Antigenic cross-reactivity between sixteen venoms from scorpions belonging to six genera

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-163

  D'Suze, G ^a   Moncada, S ^a   Gonzalez C ^b   Sevcik, C ^a   Alagon A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cross reactivity; Scorpion venom; Tityus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMOBILIZED ANTIBODY; NOXIUSTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TITYUS DISCREPANS ANTIBODY; TITYUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENUS; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SOLID; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CENTRUROIDES; CHACTAS; MAMMALIA; RHOPALURUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS DISCREPANS;

EID: 33847120375     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601005787     Document Type: Article

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