International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 23/abr/2024;37:e20240025.
Understanding the Bothrops Moojeni Venom: A Justified Challenge
Este Editorial é referido pelo Revisões de literatura "Bothrops Moojeni Snake Venom: A Source of Potential Therapeutic Agents Against Hemostatic Disorders".
Snakes, scorpions, spiders, wasps, and fish have evolved independent venom systems with complex mixtures in their chemical arsenals. Envenomation after a snakebite is a neglected public health issue responsible for substantial illness and death in impoverished populations living in rural and tropical Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America.
Considering the elevated number of accidents and high morbidity and mortality rates associated with snakebite envenoming, the World Health Organization has reclassified this disease as a category A neglected disease. In Latin America, snakes of the Bothrops genus are the main responsible for snakebites in humans, causing inflammatory and hemostatic alterations whose pathophysiology is a neglected issue in the toxinology field.
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