Quantitation by enzyme-immunoassay of antibodies against bothrops myotoxins in four commercially-available antivenoms (original) (raw)

B. LOMONTE, J. M. Gu~REZ, G. Ralws and L. Cw1.D>at6N. Quantitation by enzyme-immunoassay of antibodies against Bothrops myotoxins in four commercially-available antivenoms . Toxicon 29, 69702, 1991 .-An enzymeimmunoassay (EIA) for the quantitation of antibodies against myotoxins present in the venoms of Bothrops riper (Costa Rica), B. atrox (Colombia) and B. moojeni (Brazil), was developed. This EIA was utilized for the evaluation of four antivenoms produced in Mexico (Laboratorios Myn; MYI~, Costa Rica (Instituto Clodomiro Picador ICP), Colombia (Instituto National de Salud; INS) and Brazil (Instituto Butantan ; IB). Antivenoms ICP, IB and INS