Bedside coagulation tests in diagnosing venom-induced consumption coagulopathy in snakebite

S Wedasingha, G Isbister, A Silva - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy is the most important systemic effect of snake
envenoming. Coagulation tests are helpful to accurately and promptly diagnose venom …

[HTML][HTML] Acute kidney injury due to tropical infectious diseases and animal venoms: a tale of 2 continents

EA Burdmann, V Jha - Kidney International, 2017 - Elsevier
South and Southeast Asia and Latin American together comprise 46 countries and are home
to approximately 40% of the world population. The sociopolitical and economic …

Phylovenomics of Daboia russelii across the Indian subcontinent. Bioactivities and comparative in vivo neutralization and in vitro third-generation antivenomics of …

D Pla, L Sanz, S Quesada-Bernat, M Villalta, J Baal… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is, together with Naja naja, Bungarus caeruleus and Echis
carinatus, a member of the medically important 'Big Four'species responsible for causing a …

Functional venomics of the Sri Lankan Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) and its toxinological correlations

NH Tan, SY Fung, KY Tan, MKK Yap… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
The venom proteome (venomics) of the Sri Lankan Daboia russelii was elucidated using 1D
SDS PAGE nano-ESI-LCMS/MS shotgun proteomics. A total of 41 different venom proteins …

Integrating human behavior and snake ecology with agent-based models to predict snakebite in high risk landscapes

E Goldstein, JJ Erinjery, G Martin… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Snakebite causes more than 1.8 million envenoming cases annually and is a major cause of
death in the tropics especially for poor farmers. While both social and ecological factors …

Efficacy of Indian polyvalent snake antivenoms against Sri Lankan snake venoms: lethality studies or clinically focussed in vitro studies

K Maduwage, A Silva, MA O'Leary, WC Hodgson… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
In vitro antivenom efficacy studies were compared to rodent lethality studies to test two
Indian snake antivenoms (VINS and BHARAT) against four Sri Lankan snakes. In vitro …

Neurotoxicity in Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming in Sri Lanka: a clinical and neurophysiological study

A Silva, K Maduwage, M Sedgwick, S Pilapitiya… - Clinical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Russell's viper is more medically important than any other Asian snake, due to
number of envenoming's and fatalities. Russell's viper populations in South India and Sri …

Indian Polyvalent Antivenom Accelerates Recovery From Venom-Induced Consumption Coagulopathy (VICC) in Sri Lankan Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) …

A Silva, FE Scorgie, LF Lincz, K Maduwage… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) is an important clinical
consequence of Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming. There is limited evidence for …

Early identification of acute kidney injury in Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming using renal biomarkers

I Ratnayake, F Mohamed, NA Buckley… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major complication of snake envenoming, but
early diagnosis remains problematic. We aimed to investigate the time course of novel renal …

Are humans prepared to detect, fear, and avoid snakes? The mismatch between laboratory and ecological evidence

CM Coelho, P Suttiwan, AM Faiz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Since statement that the vast majority of phobias are about objects essential to the survival
of a species, a multitude of laboratory studies followed, supporting the finding that humans …