Andersen, Mikael Rørdam

Casewell, Nicholas

Harrison, Robert

Knudsen, Cecilie

Laustsen, Andreas Hougaard

With an annual 150,000 deaths and countless amputations and disfigurements,snakebite envenoming is an ever-present threat in many parts of the rural tropicalworld. In sub-Saharan Africa, only 1-2% of victims are treated with antivenom,which is currently based on animal-derived antibodies. Due to their heterologousorigin, antivenoms often provoke serious side effects in human recipients, such asserum sickness and anaphylaxis, which in some cases leads to death

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