Naja annulifera Snake: New insights into the venom components and pathogenesis of envenomation.
Felipe Silva-de-FrançaIsadora Maria Villas-BoasSolange Maria de Toledo SerranoBruno CogliatiSonia Aparecida de Andrade ChudzinskiPriscila Hess LopesEduardo Shigueo KitanoCinthya Kimori OkamotoDenise Vilarinho TambourgiPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)
The results obtained in this study demonstrate that N. annulifera venom contains toxins able to induce local and systemic inflammation, which can contribute to lung damage and death. Moreover, the venom is immunogenic, an important feature that must be considered during the production of a therapeutic anti-N. annulifera antivenom.
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