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EFECTOS HEMATOLOGICOS DEL VENENO DE LOXOSCELES LAETA EN RATONES ALBINOS

Translated title of the contribution: Hematological effects of Loxosceles-laeta venom in albino mice
  • O. Moran
  • , A. Zavaleta
  • , R. Castro de la Mata
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

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Abstract

Following subcutaneous injection of Loxosceles-laeta venom in mice, both the hematocrit and the hemoglobin concentration increased in the peripheral blood. Hemolysis was not detected. Total blood-volume and plasma-volume decreased; fixed globular-volume remained constant. Autopsy showed a generalized edema and ascites, without modifications in total body-weight. These results have shown that mice have a different kind of toxic manifestation compared with those presented in humans. This fact questions the use of mice in assays of protective activity of hyperimmune sera.

Translated title of the contributionHematological effects of Loxosceles-laeta venom in albino mice
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)20-23
Number of pages4
JournalBoletin Chileno de Parasitologia
Volume36
Issue number1-2
StatePublished - 1981

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