An in vivo comparison of the efficacy of CSL box jellyfish antivenom with antibodies raised against nematocyst-derived Chironex fleckeri venom

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-98

  Winter, Kelly L ^a   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   Jacoby, Tamara ^c   Seymour, Jamie E ^d   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Antivenom; Cardiovascular; Envenoming; Jellyfish; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; JELLYFISH VENOM ANTISERUM; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DRUG EFFICACY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; JELLYFISH; MALE; NEMATOCYST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SHOCK; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 63249114824     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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