J. Venom. Anim. Toxins.

Vol.7, No.2, 2001.

Contents - ISSN 0104-7930.

 

The 4th Meeting of Experts in Animal Envenoming was held in Mexico city in 2000.

 

1-Captive management and propagation program for Mexican Montane rattlesnakes Crotalus tepidus lepidus, Crotalus tepidus morulus y Crotalus lepidus klaubeli

 

2-Community participation of scorpion stings. Control and prevention on poisoning by scorpion envenoming (1992 - 1999)

 

3-Cross reactions and heterological neutralization of antivenoms used in Mexico and Argentina

 

4-Effect of Tityus discrepans venom on the coagulation mechanism

 

5-Epidemiological and clinical aspects of snakebites in Colombia. Severe bothropic envenomation

 

6-History of scorpion sting treatment in North America and rationale for the use in the United States of a Mexican scorpion-derived antivenom

 

7-Human antibody libraries displayed on the surface of filamentous phages: a plentiful source of antibodies for diverse purposes

 

8-A humoral mechanism modifies pulmonary artery pressure in rabbits after Tiryus discrepans  envenomation

 

9-Myotoxic phospholipases A2 from venoms of crotalid snakes: properties, actions, and neutralization

 

10-Perspectives in the future development of molecular pharmacology: vaccines and recombinant antibodies

 

11-Preliminary results on the project of medically important spiders in the Aguas Calientes State, Mexico

 

12-Quantitative determination of hemorrhagic activity in the venom of the Peruvian snake Bothrops barnetti

 

13-A review of an internet database of Crotalinae venom found in the United States

 

14-Scorpions in Mexico. Comments on some species from Centruroides gracilis and Centruroides margaritatus (Scorpiones; Buthidae) groups

 

15-Serum levels of toxin in scorpion envenomed pediatric patients in the Hospital Del Niņo Morelense

 

16-Social impact of the intoxications due to poisonous animals

 

17-A study of the venom of Centruroides exilicauda  or Centruroides sculpturatus  and the desert mouse, Onychomys sp

 

18-Spider venom toxins

 

19-Treatment evolution using Fabotherapics in patients suffering from snakebites at the General Hospital of Tampico, Tamaulipas State, Mexico

 

20-Venom components of Brachypelma vagans. A Mexican tarantula

 

21-Venomous Cnidaria from the Mexican Caribbean sea

 

22-The venomous snakes of Mexico: a fertile field for research, two cases studies

 

23-From serotherapy to fabotherapy