Geographical variations in king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and China: On venom lethality, antivenom immunoreactivity and in vivo neutralization

• Main Authors: Tan, Kae Yi, Ng, Tzu Shan, Bourges, Aymeric, Ismail, Ahmad Khaldun, Maharani, Tri, Khomvilai, Sumana, Sitprija, Visith, Tan, Nget Hong, Tan, Choo Hock
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24833/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105311
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The wide distribution of king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), a medically important venomous snake in Asia could be associated with geographical variation in the toxicity and antigenicity of the venom. This study investigated the lethality of king cobra venoms (KCV) from four geographical locales (Malay...