Beyond the ‘big four’: Venom profiling of the medically important yet neglected Indian snakes reveals disturbing antivenom deficiencies

R. R. Senji Laxme, Suyog Khochare, Hugo Francisco de Souza, Bharat Ahuja, Vivek Suranse, Gerard Martin, Romulus Whitaker, Kartik Sunagar

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019 · 180 citations · 68 references

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Abstract

This study unravels disturbing deficiencies in dose efficacy and neutralisation capabilities of the currently marketed Indian antivenoms, and emphasises the pressing need to develop region-specific snakebite therapy for the 'neglected many'.

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