Cross neutralisation of Southeast Asian cobra and krait venoms by Indian polyvalent antivenoms

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 731-737

  Leong, Poh Kuan ^a   Tan, Nget Hong ^a   Fung, Shin Yee ^a   Sim, Si Mui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antivenoms; Bungarus; Naja; Snake venoms

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; HEART RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; RAT; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; HORSES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RATS; SNAKE BITES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BUNGARUS; BUNGARUS CANDIDUS; ELAPIDAE; NAJA; NAJA KAOUTHIA; NAJA NAJA; OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84869870512     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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