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Vitelbina Núñez
Researcher at University of Antioquia
Publications - 53
Citations - 2375
Vitelbina Núñez is an academic researcher from University of Antioquia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Venom & Antivenom. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 48 publications receiving 2129 citations.
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Complications of Bothrops, Porthidium, and Bothriechis snakebites in Colombia. A clinical and epidemiological study of 39 cases attended in a university hospital
Rafael Otero,Johnayro Gutiérrez,Marı́a Beatriz Mesa,Edison Duque,Orlando Rodrı́guez,Jorge Luis Arango,Francisco Gómez,Álvaro Wills Toro,Fidel Cano,Libia M. Rodríguez,Erika Caro,J. Martínez,William Cornejo,Luis Mariano Gómez,Francisco Luis Uribe,Silvia Cárdenas,Vitelbina Núñez,A. Díaz +17 more
TL;DR: The clinical and epidemiological features, as well as complications presented by 39 patients with Bothrops, Porthidium and Bothriechis snakebites, are described.
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Snakebites and ethnobotany in the northwest region of Colombia. Part III: neutralization of the haemorrhagic effect of Bothrops atrox venom.
Rafael Otero,Vitelbina Núñez,Jacqueline Barona,R. Fonnegra,Silvia L. Jiménez,R.G. Osorio,Mónica Saldarriaga,Álvaro Paúl Díaz +7 more
TL;DR: Thirty-one of 75 extracts of plants used by traditional healers for snakebites, had moderate or high neutralizing ability against the haemorrhagic effect of Bothrops atrox venom from Antioquia and Chocó, north-western Colombia.
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Snake venomics and antivenomics of Bothrops atrox venoms from Colombia and the Amazon regions of Brazil, Perú and Ecuador suggest the occurrence of geographic variation of venom phenotype by a trend towards paedomorphism
Vitelbina Núñez,Pedro Cid,Libia Sanz,Pilar de la Torre,Yamileth Angulo,Bruno Lomonte,José María Gutiérrez,Juan J. Calvete +7 more
TL;DR: The immunological profile of the Costa Rican antivenom strongly suggests the possibility of using thisAntivenom for the management of snakebites by B. atrox in Colombia and the Amazon regions of Ecuador, Perú and Brazil.
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Snakebites and ethnobotany in the northwest region of Colombia: Part I: traditional use of plants.
Rafael Otero,R. Fonnegra,Silvia L. Jiménez,Vitelbina Núñez,N. Evans,S.P. Alzate,M.E. Garcı́a,Mónica Saldarriaga,G. Del Valle,R.G. Osorio,Álvaro Paúl Díaz,Rafael Valderrama,A. Duque,H.N. Vélez +13 more
TL;DR: In Antioquia and Choco, traditional healers attend 60% of snakebites as mentioned in this paper, with 20 healers with experience in Bothrops, Porthidium and Bothriechis envenomations interviewed between 1996 and 1998.
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Snakebites and ethnobotany in the northwest region of Colombia: Part II: neutralization of lethal and enzymatic effects of Bothrops atrox venom.
Rafael Otero,Vitelbina Núñez,Silvia L. Jiménez,R. Fonnegra,R.G. Osorio,M.E. Garcı́a,Álvaro Paúl Díaz +6 more
TL;DR: Twelve of 74 ethanolic extracts of plants used by traditional healers for snakebites in the northwest region of Colombia, were active against lethal effect of Bothrops atrox venom when they were i.p. injected into mice.