Antivenomic assessment of the immunological reactivity of EchiTAb-Plus-ICP, an antivenom for the treatment of snakebite envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1194-1201

  Calvete, Juan J ^a   Cid, Pedro ^a   Sanz, Libia ^a   Segura, Álvaro ^b   Villalta, Mauren ^b   Herrera, María ^b   León, Guillermo ^b   Harrison, Robert ^c   Durfa, Nandul ^d   Nasidi, Abdusalami ^d   Theakston, R David G ^c   Warrell, David A ^e   Gutiérrez, José María ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; DISINTEGRIN; ECHITAB PLUS ICP; LECTIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; ENVENOMATION; HORSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEOMICS; SNAKEBITE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SNAKE BITES; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

BITIS; BITIS ARIETANS; ECHIS; ECHIS OCELLATUS; EQUIDAE; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 77953738501     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0733     Document Type: Article

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