Wintering the common viper (Vipera berus) with embryos
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Immunological Cross-Reactivity and Neutralisation of European Viper Venoms with the Monospecific Vipera berus Antivenom ViperaTAb
Medically important cases of snakebite in Europe are predominately caused by European vipers of the genus Vipera. The mainstay of snakebite therapy is polyclonal antibody therapy, referred to as antivenom. Here we investigate the capability of the monospecific V. berus antivenom, ViperaTAb®, to cross-react with, and neutralise lethality induced by, a variety of European vipers. Using ELISA and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Principles of the Ecology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2304-6465
DOI: 10.15393/j1.art.2012.321