Development of a sensitive enzyme immunoassay for measuring taipan venom in serum

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1510-1518

  Kulawickrama, S ^a   O'Leary, M A ^b   Hodgson, W C ^c   Brown, S G A ^d,e   Jacoby, T ^d   Davern, K ^d   Isbister, G K ^b,f,g  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^g MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Enzyme imunnoassays; Snake envenoming; Taipan venom

Indexed keywords

RABBIT ANTISERUM; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DOSE CALCULATION; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TROPIDECHIS CARINATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RABBITS; RATS; SNAKE BITES; YOUNG ADULT;

NOTECHIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OXYURANUS; PSEUDECHIS; RATTUS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS; TROPIDECHIS CARINATUS;

EID: 77952240778     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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