• Comparative proteomic analysis of the venom of the taipan snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, from Papua New Guinea and Australia: Role of neurotoxic and procoagulant effects in venom toxicity 

      Herrera Vega, María; Fernández Ulate, Julián; Vargas Arroyo, Mariángela; Villalta Arrieta, Mauren; Segura Ruiz, Álvaro; León Montero, Guillermo; Angulo Ugalde, Yamileth; Paiva, Owen K.; Matainaho, Teatulohi; Jensen, Simon D.; Winkel, Kenneth D.; Calvete Chornet, Juan José; Williams, David J.; Gutiérrez, José María (2012-04-03)
      The venom proteomes of populations of the highly venomous taipan snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, from Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), were characterized by reverse-phase HPLC fractionation, followed by analysis of ...
    • Ending the drought: New strategies for improving the flow of affordable, effective antivenoms in Asia and Africa 

      Williams, David J.; Gutiérrez, José María; Calvete Chornet, Juan José; Wüster, Wolfgang; Ratanabanangkoon, Kavi; Paiva, Owen K.; Brown, Nicholas I.; Casewell, Nicholas R.; Harrison, Robert A.; Rowley, Paul D.; O'Shea, Mark; Jensen, Simon D.; Winkel, Kenneth D.; Warrell, David A. (2011-08-24)
      The development of snake antivenoms more than a century ago should have heralded effective treatment of the scourge of snakebite envenoming in impoverished, mostly rural populations around the world. That snakebite still ...
    • Preclinical evaluation of caprylic-acid fractionated IgG antivenom for the treatment of taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) envneoming in Papua New Guinea 

      Vargas Arroyo, Mariángela; Segura Ruiz, Álvaro; Herrera Vega, María; Villalta Arrieta, Mauren; Estrada Umaña, Ricardo; Cerdas Solís, Maykel; Paiva, Owen K.; Matainaho, Teatulohi; Jensen, Simon D.; Winkel, Kenneth D.; León Montero, Guillermo; Gutiérrez, José María; Williams, David J. (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5 (5) e1144, 2011-05-17)
      Background: Snake bite is a common medical emergency in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus, inflicts a large number of bites that, in the absence of antivenom therapy, result in high mortality. ...
    • The Global Snake Bite Initiative: an antidote for snake bite 

      Williams, David J.; Gutiérrez, José María; Harrison, Robert A.; Warrell, David A.; White, Julian; Winkel, Kenneth D.; Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam (2010-01-02)
      Clinicians have for a long time witnessed the tragedy of injury, disability, and death from snake bite that is a daily occurrence in many parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. To many people living in these ...