Immunoreactivity and neutralization study of Chinese Bungarus multicinctus antivenin and lab-prepared anti-bungarotoxin antisera towards purified bungarotoxins and snake venoms.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Bo Lin, Jia-Rui Zhang, Hui-Juan Lu, Lin Zhao, Jing Chen, Hong-Fei Zhang, Xue-Song Wei, Liang-Yu Zhang, Xiao-Bing Wu, Wen-Hui Lee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Hannah
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008873; https://doaj.org/article/0b6655995c454c729a4785356c3ccdb0

Bungarus multicinctus is the most venomous snake distributed in China and neighboring countries of Myanmar, Laos, north Vietnam and Thailand. The high mortality rate of B. multicinctus envenomation is attributed to the lethal components of α-, β-, γ- and κ- bungarotoxins contained in the venom. Alth...