OBSERVATIONS ON THE BITE OF THE MOZAMBIQUE SPITTING COBRA (NAJA-MOSSAMBICA-MOSSAMBICA)

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 61  (9) , 308-313
Abstract
Experience in the treatment of bites by the Mozambique spitting cobra, N. mossambica mossambica, was described. The predominant effect of the venom was cytotoxic. The gross pathology of the bite was presented. A large percentage of the bites (94%) occurred inside human dwellings, and of these, 81% occurred while the victims were asleep. The efficacy of the SAIMR''s polyvalent antivenom was tested, and its effectiveness was indirectly proportional to the time which had elapsed between the bite and the administration of the antivenom. A comparison of the data with those presented by Warrell in respect to bites by N. nigricollis in Nigeria showed that the clinical effects of bites by N. mossambica and N. nigricollis were closely related.

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