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Production of the First Effective Hyperimmune Equine Serum Antivenom against Africanized Bees
Fecha
2013-11-13Registro en:
Plos One. San Francisco: Public Library Science, v. 8, n. 11, 10 p., 2013.
1932-6203
10.1371/journal.pone.0079971
WOS:000327254700167
WOS000327254700167.pdf
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2901888624506535
0000-0002-1650-257X
Autor
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Inst Invest Immunol INCT
Instituto Butantan
Univ Sao Francisco
Inst Technol Parana
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
Victims of massive bee attacks become extremely ill, presenting symptoms ranging from dizziness and headache to acute renal failure and multiple organ failure that can lead to death. Previous attempts to develop specific antivenom to treat these victims have been unsuccessful. We herein report a F(ab)'(2)-based antivenom raised in horse as a potential new treatment for victims of multiple bee stings. The final product contains high specific IgG titers and is effective in neutralizing toxic effects, such as hemolysis, cytotoxicity and myotoxicity. The assessment of neutralization was revised and hemolysis, the primary toxic effect of these stings, was fully neutralized in vivo for the first time.