Editor's viewpoint

CEVAP journal towards a new phase

Letter to the editor

What is the most dangerous snake?

Dangerous snakes, deadly snakes and medically important snakes

Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil?

Review article

Isolated biomolecules of pharmacological interest in hemostasis from Cerastes cerastes venom

Injuries by marine and freshwater stingrays: history, clinical aspects of the envenomations and current status of a neglected problem in Brazil

Mad, bad and dangerous to know: the biochemistry, ecology and evolution of slow loris venom

Public health aspects of snakebite care in West Africa: perspectives from Nigeria

The international view of envenoming in Brazil: myths and realities

Challenges and perspectives of Chagas disease: a review

Original papers

Correlation between annual activity patterns of venomous snakes and rural people in the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria

In vivo evaluation of homeostatic effects of Echis carinatus snake venom in Iran

Comparison between two methods of scorpion venom milking in Morocco

Use of antivenoms for the treatment of envenomation by Elapidae snakes in Guinea, Sub-Saharan Africa

Effects of atropine and propranolol on lung inflammation in experimental envenomation: comparison of two buthidae venoms

Characteristics of hemolytic activity induced by skin secretions of the frog Kaloula pulchra hainana

Conus vexillum venom induces oxidative stress in Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma cells: an insight into the mechanism of induction

Toxins from the Caribbean sea anemone Bunodeopsis globulifera increase cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity of lung adenocarcinoma cells

The Cuban scorpion Rhopalurus junceus (Scorpiones, Buthidae): component variations in venom samples collected in different geographical areas

Humoral immune response in dogs and cats vaccinated against rabies in southeastern Brazil

Resistance of cervical adenocarcinoma cells (HeLa) to venom from the scorpion Centruroides limpidus limpidus

Hemolytic activity of venom from crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci spines

Toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis and brucellosis in stray dogs housed at the shelter in Umuarama municipality, Paraná, Brazil

Vasoconstrictor effect of Africanized honeybee(Apis mellifera L.) venom on rat aorta

Potentiation of a novel palladium (II) complex lethality with bee venom on the human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line (MOLT-4)

A bradykinin-potentiating peptide (BPP-10c) from Bothrops jararaca induces changes in seminiferous tubules

Effect of bee venom on IL-6, COX-2 and VEGF levels in polycystic ovarian syndrome induced in Wistar rats by estradiol valerate

Cathepsin B/X is secreted by Echinometra lucunter sea urchin spines, a structure rich in granular cells and toxins

Short communications

Effects of the European hornet ( Vespa crabroLinnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species

Decrease in hepatitis B prevalence among blood donors in Central-West Brazil

Sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from forest areas in Botucatu municipality, central western São Paulo State, Brazil

Case reports

Probable chronic renal failure caused by Lonomiacaterpillar envenomation

Lesions caused by Africanized honeybee stings in three cattle in Brazil

Hepatitis B virus surface antigen seroconversion in HIV-infected individual after pegylated interferon-alpha treatment: a case report