Envenoming by Bothrops jararaca in Brazil: association between venom antigenaemia and severity at admission to hospital

França, F.O.S.; Barbaro, K.C.; Fan, H.W.; Cardoso, J.L.C.; Sano-Martins, I.S.; Tomy, S.C.; Lopes, M.H.; Warrell, D.A.; Theakston, R.D.G.; the Butantan Institute Antivenom Study Group,

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Volume 97, Issue 3 , Pages 312-317, May 2003

Envenoming by Bothrops jararaca in Brazil: association between venom antigenaemia and severity at admission to hospital

F.O.S. França
- Address for correspondence: Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França, Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, Zip code 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; phone +55 11 3726 7962, fax +55 11 3726 1505
- Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
K.C. Barbaro
- Laboratory of Immunopathology, and Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
H.W. Fan
- Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
J.L.C. Cardoso
- Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
I.S. Sano-Martins
- Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
S.C. Tomy
- Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
M.H. Lopes
- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
D.A. Warrell
- Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9D U, UK
- Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 SQA, UK
R.D.G. Theakston
- Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 SQA, UK
the Butantan Institute Antivenom Study Group
- Butantan Institute Antivenorn Study Group: J. L. C. Cardoso, H. W. Fan, F. O. S. França, M. T. Jorge, R. P. Leite, S. A. Nishioka, A. Avila, I. S. Sano-Martins, S. C. Tomy, M. L. Santoro, A. M. Chudzinski, S. C. B. Castro, A. S. Kamiguti, E. M. A. Kelen, M. H. Hirata, R. M. S. Mirandola, R. D. G. Theakston, and D. A. Warrell.