Cross-neutralisation of Australian brown and tiger snake venoms with commercial antivenoms: Cross-reactivity or antivenom mixtures?

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-213

  O'Leary, Margaret A ^a   Schneider, Jennifer J ^b   Krishnan, Brian Prakash ^b   Lavis, Christopher ^b   McKendry, Amy ^b   Ong, Lin Kooi ^b   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Brown snake; Clotting function; Cross reactivity; Snake envenoming; Tiger snake

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NOTECHIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDONAJA; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CROSS REACTIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELAPID VENOMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PROTEINS; PROTHROMBIN;

BANANA STREAK VIRUS; EQUIDAE; NOTECHIS; PSEUDONAJA; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS; STORERIA DEKAYI;

EID: 34447256063     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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