D.F. Cardoso

TL;DR: Examination of proven jararacuçu bites recruited over a 20-year period in two São Paulo hospitals found effects of polyspecific Bothrops antivenom were not impressive, and it has been suggested that anti-Bothrops and anti-Crotalus antivenoms should be given in combination.

TL;DR: Investigation of whether a specific antivenom raised against the venom of B. atrox, the most important Amazon snake species from a medical point of view, was necessary for the treatment of patients in this region indicated that both antivenoms were equally effective in reversing all signs of envenoming detected both clinically and in the laboratory.

TL;DR: Mice immunized with rBCG-S1PT strains displayed high-level protection against an intracerebral challenge with live Bordetella pertussis, which correlated with the induction of a PT-specific cellular immune response, reinforcing the importance of cell-mediated immunity in the protection against B. pertussi infection.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the venoms from the three studied subspecies of C. durissus were very similar, except for minor differences in paw edema-inducing activity, electrophoretic profile, phospholipase A2 activity, crotamine-like activity and inorganic element contents ofC.d.

TL;DR: Venom obtained from fresh captured specimens of this fish was tested in vitro or in animal models for a better characterization of its toxic activities and all venom toxic activities except edema were completely neutralized after in vitro incubation with anti-T.