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Snakebite mortality in Costa Rica
(1997-11)
The mortality rate due to snakebite envenomation in Costa Rica was estimated from 1952 to 1993. The highest mortality was observed during the 1950s and 1960s, with the highest rate of 4.83 per 100,000 population in 1953. ...
Neutralization of crotaline snake venoms from Central and South America by antivenoms produced in Brazil and Costa Rica
(2000-10)
A study was performed on the ability of antivenoms, produced in Brazil and Costa Rica, to neutralize lethal, hemorrhagic and coagulant activities of the venoms of 16 species of Central and South American snakes of the ...
Evaluation of the neutralizing ability of antivenoms for the treatment of snake bite envenoming in Central America
(1996)
De nombreuses envenimations ophidiennes en Amérique centrale sont dues aux crotales (famille des Viperidae) parmi lesquels Bothrops asper est le principal responsable. Quelques accidents sont provoqués par les serpents ...
Neutralization, by a monospecific Bothrops lanceolatus antivenom, of toxic activities induced by homologous and heterologous Bothı́rops snake venoms
(1999-03)
A monospecific Bothrops lanceolatus antivenom, currently used in Martinique, was tested for its efficacy in the neutralization of several toxic and enzymatic activities of the venoms of B. lanceolatus, B. atrox and B. ...
Evaluación de la capacidad de cuatro antivenenos comerciales para neutralizar el veneno de la serpiente Bothrops asper (terciopelo) de Costa Rica
(1995-09)
We studied the ability of four commercially available antivenoms to neutralize several toxic and enzymatic activities of Bothrops asper (terciopelo) venom from Costa Rica. Experiments with preincubation of venom and antivenom ...