Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming
Hump-nosed viper bites are common in the Indian subcontinent. In the past, hump-nosed vipers (Hypnalespecies) were considered moderately venomous snakes whose bites result mainly in local envenoming. However, a variety of severe local effects, hemostatic dysfunction, microangiopathic hemolysis, kidn...
Published in: | Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
SciELO
2014
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-24 https://doaj.org/article/e350d5deb6774b2d8328e8c8fb4e43e6 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e350d5deb6774b2d8328e8c8fb4e43e6 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e350d5deb6774b2d8328e8c8fb4e43e6 2023-05-15T14:59:34+02:00 Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming Mitrakrishnan Chrishan Shivanthan Jevon Yudhishdran Rayno Navinan Senaka Rajapakse 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-24 https://doaj.org/article/e350d5deb6774b2d8328e8c8fb4e43e6 EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200207&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 1678-9199 doi:10.1186/1678-9199-20-24 https://doaj.org/article/e350d5deb6774b2d8328e8c8fb4e43e6 Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 0 (2014) Hypnale Hump-nosed viper Envenoming Viper Venom Antivenom Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-24 2022-12-31T01:36:54Z Hump-nosed viper bites are common in the Indian subcontinent. In the past, hump-nosed vipers (Hypnalespecies) were considered moderately venomous snakes whose bites result mainly in local envenoming. However, a variety of severe local effects, hemostatic dysfunction, microangiopathic hemolysis, kidney injury and death have been reported following envenoming byHypnalespecies. We systematically reviewed the medical literature on the epidemiology, toxin profile, diagnosis, and clinical, laboratory and postmortem features of hump-nosed viper envenoming, and highlight the need for development of an effective antivenom. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Indian Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 20 1 24 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
Hypnale Hump-nosed viper Envenoming Viper Venom Antivenom Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 |
spellingShingle |
Hypnale Hump-nosed viper Envenoming Viper Venom Antivenom Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 Mitrakrishnan Chrishan Shivanthan Jevon Yudhishdran Rayno Navinan Senaka Rajapakse Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming |
topic_facet |
Hypnale Hump-nosed viper Envenoming Viper Venom Antivenom Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 |
description |
Hump-nosed viper bites are common in the Indian subcontinent. In the past, hump-nosed vipers (Hypnalespecies) were considered moderately venomous snakes whose bites result mainly in local envenoming. However, a variety of severe local effects, hemostatic dysfunction, microangiopathic hemolysis, kidney injury and death have been reported following envenoming byHypnalespecies. We systematically reviewed the medical literature on the epidemiology, toxin profile, diagnosis, and clinical, laboratory and postmortem features of hump-nosed viper envenoming, and highlight the need for development of an effective antivenom. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Mitrakrishnan Chrishan Shivanthan Jevon Yudhishdran Rayno Navinan Senaka Rajapakse |
author_facet |
Mitrakrishnan Chrishan Shivanthan Jevon Yudhishdran Rayno Navinan Senaka Rajapakse |
author_sort |
Mitrakrishnan Chrishan Shivanthan |
title |
Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming |
title_short |
Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming |
title_full |
Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming |
title_fullStr |
Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming |
title_full_unstemmed |
Hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming |
title_sort |
hump-nosed viper bite: an important but under-recognized cause of systemic envenoming |
publisher |
SciELO |
publishDate |
2014 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-24 https://doaj.org/article/e350d5deb6774b2d8328e8c8fb4e43e6 |
geographic |
Arctic Indian |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Indian |
genre |
Arctic |
genre_facet |
Arctic |
op_source |
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 0 (2014) |
op_relation |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200207&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 1678-9199 doi:10.1186/1678-9199-20-24 https://doaj.org/article/e350d5deb6774b2d8328e8c8fb4e43e6 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-24 |
container_title |
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases |
container_volume |
20 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
24 |
_version_ |
1766331669486239744 |