Envenoming Editor's Choice

The Transactions has a rich and extensive archive of published material spanning over 100 years of research in Tropical Medicine. The aim of this Editor's choice section is to select papers on a common theme for the interest of our readers.

Our first Editor's choice section provides a collection of snakebite and antivenom papers from the Transactions spanning almost 50 years.

Figure: Bothrops atrox from Mosqueiro Island near Belém, Para State.
Taken from Clinical trial of two antivenoms for the treatment of Bothrops and Lachesis bites in the north eastern Amazon region of Brazil
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00005-1
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 98, Issue 1, January 2004, Pages 28-42
Pedro Pereira de Oliveira Pardal et al

Failure of a new antivenom to treat Echis. ocellatus snake bite in rural Ghana: the importance of Quality surveillance
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.11.006
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 102, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 445-450
Visser LE, Kyei-Faried S, Belcher DW, Gleehoed DW, van Leewen JS, van Roosmalen J

First authenticated cases of life-threatening envenoming by the hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) In India.
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.03.008
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 101, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 85-90
Joseph JK, Simpson Id, Menon NCS, Jose MP, Kulkarm KJ Raghavendra GB, Warrell DA

Identifying the biting species in snakebite by clinical features: an epidemiological tool for community surveys
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.003
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 100, Issue 9, September 2006, Pages 874-878
A. Pathmeswaran, A. Kasturiratne, M. Fonseka, S. Nandasena, D.G. Lalloo, H.J. de Silva

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of antivenom for local effects of green pit viper bites
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.006
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 100, Issue 9, September 2006, Pages 879-884
Ponlapat Rojnuckarin, Walee Chanthawibun, Jureeporn Noiphrom, Narumol Pakmanee, Tanin Intragumtornchai

Underestimation of snakebite mortality by hospital statistics in the Monaragala District of Sri Lanka
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.09.003
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 100, Issue 7, July 2006, Pages 693-695
S. Fox, A.C. Rathuwithana, A. Kasturiratne, D.G. Lalloo, H.J. de Silva

Antivenom treatment and renal dysfunction in Russell's viper snakebite in Taiwan: a case series
doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.020
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 100, Issue 5, May 2006, Pages 489-494
Dong-Zong Hung, Yi-Jung Yu, Chia-Lung Hsu, Tzeng-Jih Lin

Taiwan's venomous snakebite: epidemiological, evolution and geographic differences
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00013-0
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 98, Issue 2, February 2004, Pages 96-101
Dong-Zong Hung

Clinical trial of two antivenoms for the treatment of Bothrops and Lachesis bites in the north eastern Amazon region of Brazil
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00005-1
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 98, Issue 1, January 2004, Pages 28-42
Pedro Pereira de Oliveira Pardal, Suzana Medeiro Souza, Maria Rita de Cássia da Costa Monteiro, Hui Wen Fan, João Luiz Costa Cardoso, Francisco Oscar Siqueira França, Sandra Corrallo Tomy, Ida S. Sano-Martins, Maria Cristin a Cirillo de Sousa-e-Silva, Mônica Colombini, Nancy F. Kodera, Ana Maria Moura-da-Silva, Diva Ferreira Cardoso, David Toledo Velarde, Aura S. Kamiguti, Robert David G. Theakston, David A. Warrell

Snakebite in northern Cameroon: 134 victims of bites by the saw-scaled orcarpet viper, Echis ocellatus
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80105-0
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 6, November-December 2003, Pages 693-696
Ellen M. Einterz, Myra E. Bates

Envenoming by Bothrops jararaca in Brazil: association between venom antigenaemia and severity at admission to hospital
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90158-1
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 3, May-June 2003, Pages 312-317
F. O. S. França, K. C. Barbaro, H. W. Fan, J. L. C. Cardoso, I. S. Sano-Martins, S. C. Tomy, M. H. Lopes, D. A. Warrell, R. D. G. Theakston, the Butantan Institute Antivenom Study Group

Geographic information system mapping of snakebite incidence in northern Ghana and Nigeria using environmental indicators: a preliminary study
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90115-5
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 2, March-April 2003, Pages 188-192
Anna M. Molesworth, Robert Harrison, R. David, G. Theakston, David G. Lalloo

Profile of snakebite envenoming in western Maharashtra, India
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90250-6
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 96, Issue 1, January-February 2002, Pages 79-84
H. S. Bawaskar, P. H. Bawaskar

Prognostic factors for local necrosis in Bothrops jararaca (Brazilian pit viper) bites
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90101-4
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 95, Issue 6, November-December 2001, Pages 630-634
Lindioneza Adriano Ribeiro, Miguel Tanús Jorge, Maria Lúcia Lebrão

High mortality from snakebite in south-eastern Senegal
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90202-0
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 95, Issue 4, July-August 2001, Pages 420-423
J. F. Trape, G. Pison, E. Guyavarch, Y. Mane

An open, randomized comparative trial of two antivenoms for the treatment of envenoming by Sri Lankan Russell's viper (Daboia russelii russelii)
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90339-6
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 95, Issue 1, January-February 2001, Pages 74-80
C. Ariaranee Ariaratnam, Lena Sjöström, Zeenia Raziek, S. Abeyasinghe, M. Kularatne, R. W. K. Kodikara Arachchi, M. H. Rezvi Sheriff, R. David G. Theakston, David A. Warrell

High incidence of early anaphylactoid reaction to SAIMR polyvalent snake antivenom
doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90959-2
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 92, Issue 1, January-February 1998, Pages 69-70
Neil F. Moran, William J. Newman, R. David G. Theakston, David A. Warrell, David Wilkinson

Envenoming by Cerastes vipera-a report of two cases
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(81)90155-3
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 75, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 702-705
Joseph Zimmerman, Gideon Mann, Haim Y. Kaplan, Uri Sagher

Atrioventricular block in a case of snakebite inflicted by Atractaspis eingadensis
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(75)90032-2
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 69, Issue 1, 1975, Page 166
Michael L. Alkan, Shaul Sukenik

Clinical observations on snakebite in Wukari, Nigeria
doi:10.1016/0035-9203(60)90073-0
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 54, Issue 3, May 1960, Pages 265-269
G. O. Onuaguluchi