Little is known of the biochemical composition and functional features of the venoms of
poorly known Colombian coral snakes. Here, we provide a preliminary characterization of …

Colombia encompasses three mountain ranges that divide the country into five natural
regions: Andes, Pacific, Caribbean, Amazon, and Orinoquia. These regions offer an …

Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease with a massive global burden of injury and death.
The best current treatments, antivenoms, are plagued by a number of logistical issues that …

Micrurus snakes, commonly known as coral snakes, are responsible for 0.4% of the
snakebites envenomings in Brazil. In this report, we describe a case of envenoming by …

In Colombia, the genus Micrurus includes 30 species, of which M. mipartitus and M. dumerilii
are the most widely distributed. Micrurus causes less than 3% of the approximately 5000 …

Abstract In South Asia, the “Big-4” venomous snakes Naja naja, Bungarus caeruleus,
Daboia russelii, and Echis carinatus are so-called because they are the most medically …

Abstract The coralsnake Micrurus dumerilii (Elapidae) is reported to cause envenomings of
medical importance. Previous studies characterized the protein composition of its venom …

Background Shake flasks are widely used during the development of bioprocesses for
recombinant proteins. Cultures of recombinant Escherichia coli with orbital mixing (OM) …

Micrurus dumerilii is a coral snake of clinic interest in Colombia. Its venom is mainly
composed of phospholipases A2 being MdumPLA2 the most abundant protein …

For over a century, polyclonal antibodies have been used to treat snakebite envenoming
and are still considered by the WHO as the only scientifically validated treatment for …