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Snake venomics of Bothrops punctatus, a semi-arboreal pitviper species from Antioquia, Colombia
(PeerJ 2:e246, 2014-01-22)
Bothrops punctatus is an endangered, semi-arboreal pitviper species distributed in
Panam´a, Colombia, and Ecuador, whose venom is poorly characterized. In the
present work, the protein composition of this venom was ...
Algunas reflexiones sobre Clodomiro Picado Twight y su contribución al desarrollo de las ciencias médicas y naturales de Costa Rica
(1986)
Este trabajo analiza el papel del
Dr. Clodomiro Picado en el desarrollo inicial de
las ciencias médicas y naturales en Costa Rica.
Se discute algunas influencias que tuvo este científico
en sus años de formación y se ...
Venomous snakes of Costa Rica: biological and medical implications of their venom proteomic profiles analyzed through the strategy of snake venomics
(Journal of Proteomics XX (2014) XXX – XXX, Available online 24 February 2014, 2014-02-24)
In spite of its small territory of ~50,000 km2, Costa Rica harbors a remarkably rich biodiversity. Its herpetofauna includes 138 species of snakes, of which sixteen pit vipers (family Viperidae, subfamily Crotalinae), five ...
Immunological profile of antivenoms: preclinical analysis of the efficacy of a polyspecific antivenom through antivenomics and neutralization assays
(En prensa, 2014-02-28)
Parenteral administration of animal-derived antivenoms constitutes the mainstay in the
treatment of snakebite envenomings. Despite the fact that this therapy has been available for over a century, the detailed understanding ...
Venomics of new world pit vipers: genus-wide comparisons of venom proteomes across Agkistrodon
(Journal of Proteomics vol 96, p.103-116, 2014-01-16)
Wereport a genus-wide comparison of venomproteomevariation acrossNewWorld pit vipers in the genus Agkistrodon. Despite the wide variety of habitats occupied by this genus and that all its taxa feed on diverse species of ...