| immunological properties of hypnale hypnale (hump-nosed pit viper) venom: antibody production with diagnostic and therapeutic potentials. | envenomation by hump-nosed pit viper (hypnale hypnale, hh) in sri lanka has caused significant morbidity and mortality, attributed to 35% of total venomous snakebites. in southwestern india (kerala), h. hypnale was increasingly identified as a dangerous and common source of envenomation, second to the russell's viper but ahead of the cobra bites. unfortunately, there is still no specific antivenom to date. this study aims to investigate the immunological properties of the venom and to assess the ... | 2012 | 22322247 |
| first authenticated cases of life-threatening envenoming by the hump-nosed pit viper (hypnale hypnale) in india. | in kerala, south-western india, five patients developed systemic envenoming after bites by hump-nosed pit vipers (hypnale hypnale), proved by identification of the snakes responsible. two of the dead snakes had been misidentified as saw-scaled vipers (echis carinatus), while three had remained unidentified. symptoms of local envenoming were pain, swelling, haemorrhagic blistering, bruising and regional lymphadenopathy. systemic symptoms included headache, nausea, vomiting and abdominal and chest ... | 2007 | 16839578 |