The fascination and fear of snakes dates back to time immemorial, with the first scientific
treatise on snakebite envenoming, the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, dating from ancient Egypt …

Snake envenomation is a life-threatening disease caused by the injection of venom toxins
from the venomous snake bite. Snakebite is often defined as the occupational or domestic …

Background Snakebite in India results in over 58,000 fatalities and a vast number of
morbidities annually. The majority of these clinically severe envenomings are attributed to …

Background Snake venom composition is dictated by various ecological and environmental
factors, and can exhibit dramatic variation across geographically disparate populations of …

Lataste's viper (Vipera latastei) is a venomous European viper endemic to the Iberian
Peninsula, recognised as medically important by the World Health Organization. To date, no …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Traditional healers have used medicinal plants to treat
snakebite envenomation worldwide; however, mostly without scientific validation. There …

Cytotoxins (CTXs), an essential class of the non-enzymatic three-finger toxin family, are
ubiquitously present in cobra venoms. These low-molecular-mass toxins, contributing to …

The World Health Organization has declared snakebite as a neglected tropical disease.
Antivenom administration is the sole therapy against venomous snakebite; however, several …

Objectives: To study the venom proteome composition of Southern India (SI) Common Krait
(Bungarus caeruleus) and immunological cross-reactivity between venom against …

India has recorded the maximum snakebite deaths in the world. Intravenous administration
of polyvalent antivenom (PAV) raised against the 'Big Four'venomous snakes of India (Naja …