Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress 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
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  • K.C. Barbaro

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Immunopathology, and Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • H.W. Fan

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • J.L.C. Cardoso

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Vital Brazil, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • I.S. Sano-Martins

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • S.C. Tomy

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • M.H. Lopes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • D.A. Warrell

      Affiliations

    • 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
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  • R.D.G. Theakston

      Affiliations

    • Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 SQA, UK
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  • the Butantan Institute Antivenom Study Group

      Affiliations

    • 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.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 3 , Pages 312-317 , May 2003

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