Antivenomic Assessment of the Immunological Reactivity of EchiTAb-Plus-ICP, an Antivenom for the Treatment of Snakebite Envenoming in Sub-Saharan Africa (Juan J. Calvete*, Pedro Cid, Libia Sanz, álvaro Segura, Mauren Villalta, María Herrera, Guillermo León, Robert Harrison, Nandul Durfa, Abdusalami Nasidi, R. David G. Theakston, David A. Warrell and José María Gutiérrez) (Ref. Am J Trop Med Hyg June 2010 vol. 82 no. 6 1194-1201)
Preclinical assessment of the efficacy of a new antivenom (EchiTAb-Plus-ICP ) for the treatment of viper envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa (Álvaro Segura, Mauren Villalta, María Herrera, Guillermo León, Robert Harrison, Nandul Durfa, Abdusalami Nasidi, Juan J. Calvete, R. David G. Theakston, David A. Warrell, José María Gutiérrez) (Ref. Toxicon, Volume 55, Issues 2–3, February–March 2010, Pages 369–374)
Snake Venomics of African Spitting Cobras: Toxin Composition and Assessment of Congeneric Cross-Reactivity of the Pan-African EchiTAb-Plus-ICP Antivenom by Antivenomics and Neutralization Approaches (Petras, D., Sanz, L., Segura, A., Herrera, M., Villalta, M., Solano, D., Vargas, M., León, G., Warrell, D.A., Theakston, R.D.G., Harrison, R.A., Durfa, N., Nasidi, A., Gutiérrez, J.M. & Calvete, J.J.J. Proteome Res. 10 (2011) 1266-1280)
Comparative study of the efficacy and safety of two polyvalent, caprylic acid fractionated [IgG and F(ab′)2] antivenoms, in Bothrops asper bites in Colombia (Rafael Otero-Patiño, Álvaro Segura, María Herrera, Yamileth Angulo, Guillermo León, José María Gutiérrez, Jacqueline Barona, Sebastián Estrada, Andrés Pereañez, Juan Carlos Quintana, Leidy J. Vargas, Juan Pablo Gómez, Abel Díaz, Ana María Suárez, Jorge Fernández, Patricia Ramírez, Patricia Fabra, Monica Perea, Diego Fernández, Yobana Arroyo, Dalila Betancur, Lady Pupo, Elkin A. Córdoba, C. Eugenio Ramírez, Ana Berta Arrieta, Alcides Rivero, Diana Carolina Mosquera, Nectty Lorena Conrado, Rosina Ortiz) (Ref. Toxicon, Volume 59, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 344–355)
Efficacy of IgG, Fab, and F(ab’)2 fragments of horse antivenom in the treatment of local symptoms after Cerastes cerastes (Egyptian snake) bite (Salwa S. Abdel Lati, Soheir Wanas, George Abdel Malak, Madiha H. Helmy) (Ref. African Journal of Biotechnology: 2003 2(7): 189-193)Envenoming after carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) bite during pregnancy: timely use of effective antivenom improves maternal and foetal outcomes (Habib, A. G., Abubakar, S. B., Abubakar, I. S., Larnyang, S., Durfa, N., Nasidi, A., Yusuf, P. O., Garnvwa, J., Theakston, R. D. G., Salako, L., Warrell, D. A. and for the EchiTab Study Group (Nigeria & UK) (2008), Envenoming after carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) bite during pregnancy: timely use of effective antivenom improves maternal and foetal outcomes. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 13: 1172–1175.)
Pan-African polyspecific antivenom produced by caprylic acid purification of horse IgG: an alternative to the antivenom crisis in Africa (Gutiérrez JM, Rojas E, Quesada L, León G, Núñez J, Laing GD, Sasa M, Renjifo JM, Nasidi A, Warrell DA, Theakston RD, Rojas G.) (Ref. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Jun;99(6):468-75.)
Pre-clinical and preliminary dose-finding and safety studies to identify candidate antivenoms for treatment of envenoming by saw-scaled or carpet vipers (Echis ocellatus) in northern Nigeria (S.B. Abubakar, I.S. Abubakar, A.G. Habib, A. Nasidi, N. Durfa, P.O. Yusuf, S. Larnyang, J. Garnvwa, E. Sokomba, L. Salako, G.D. Laing, R.D.G. Theakston, E. Juszczak, N. Alder, D.A. Warrell, for the Nigeria-UK EchiTab Study Group) (Ref. Toxicon, Volume 55, Issue 4, 1 April 2010, Pages 719–723)
Response to a letter from J-P Chippaux and L Boyer entitled: “The 3 + 3 dose escalation design is not appropriate for antivenom dose finding.” (Abdulrazaq G. Habib, Abdulsalami Nasidi, Nicola Alder, Edmund Juszczak, R. David G. Theakston, David A. Warrell, For EchiTAb Study Group Nigeria-UK) (Ref. Toxicon, Volume 55, Issue 7, 15 June 2010, Pages 1410–1411)
