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| Other names | Snake antivenin, snake antivenene, snake venom antiserum, antivenom immunoglobulin |
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Snake antivenom is a medication made up of antibodies used to treat snake bites by venomous snakes.[1] It is a type of antivenom.
It is a biological product that typically consists of venom neutralizing antibodies derived from a host animal, such as a horse or sheep. The host animal is hyperimmunized to one or more snake venoms, a process which creates an immunological response that produces large numbers of neutralizing antibodies against various components (toxins) of the venom.[2] The antibodies are then collected from the host animal, and further processed into snake antivenom for the treatment of envenomation.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[3]
- ^ Stuart MC, Kouimtzi M, Hill SR, eds. (2009). WHO Model Formulary 2008. World Health Organization. p. X. hdl:10665/44053. ISBN 9789241547659.
- ^ de la Rosa G, Olvera F, Archundia IG, Lomonte B, Alagón A, Corzo G (August 2019). "Horse immunization with short-chain consensus α-neurotoxin generates antibodies against broad spectrum of elapid venomous species". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 3642. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10.3642D. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11639-2. PMC 6692343. PMID 31409779.
- ^ Organization, World Health (2019). World Health Organization model list of essential medicines (21st list 2019 ed.). Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/325771. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.