Diversity of Micrurus snake species related to their venom toxic effects and the prospective of antivenom neutralization.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on March 09, 2010

Authors

Gabriela D Tanaka1, Maria de Fátima D Furtado, Fernanda C V Portaro, Osvaldo Augusto Sant'Anna, Denise V Tambourgi

Author Affiliations

1: Immunochemistry Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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