Cross neutralization of afro-asian cobra and asian krait venoms by a thai polyvalent snake antivenom (neuro polyvalent snake antivenom)

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Leong, Poh Kuan ^a   Sim, Si Mui ^a   Fung, Shin Yee ^a   Sumana, Khomvilai ^b   Sitprija, Visith ^b   Tan, Nget Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b QUEEN SAOVABHA MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOVALENT CATION; NEURO POLYVALENT SNAKE ANTIVENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BUNGARUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; IMMUNIZATION; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NAJA; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SNAKEBITE; THAILAND; ANIMAL; CROSS PROTECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CROSS PROTECTION; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SNAKE BITES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863643470     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001672     Document Type: Article

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