Envenoming by Bothrops jararaca in Brazil: Association between venom antigenaemia and severity at admission to hospital

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 312-317

  França, Francisco Oscar de Siqueira ^a,b   Barbaro, K C ^a   Fan, H W ^a   Cardoso, J L C ^a   Sano Martins, I S ^a   Tomy, S C ^a   Lopes, M H ^b   Warrell, D A ^c,d   Theakston, R D G ^d   Jorge, M T ^e   Leite, R P ^e   Nishioka, S A ^e   Avila, A ^e   Santoro, M L ^e   Chudzinske, A M ^e   Castro, S C B ^e   Kamiguti, A S ^e   Kelen, E M A ^e   Hirata, M H ^e   Mirandola, R M S ^e  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bothrops jararaca; Brazil; Enzyme immunoassay; Plasma fibrinogen concentration; Serum venom antigen concentration; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; FIBRINOGEN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BOTHROPS; CHILD; CROTALID VENOMS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNAKE BITES;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACA;

EID: 4444316349     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90158-1     Document Type: Article

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