Table 2. Comparisons of the avidity between the various antivenoms and the four geographical venom variants of D. siamensis.
The table displays the percentage reduction in optical density (405 nm) readings after the addition of 4M NH4SCN as a chaotrope, as determined by avidity ELISA experiments.
| Locale of D. siamensis venom |
Antivenom | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemato Polyvalent (HPAV) |
D. siamensis (DSAV) |
C. rhodostoma (CRAV) |
T. albolabris (TAAV) |
|
| Thailand** | 2.66 | 6.64 | 71.06 | 65.26 |
| Myanmar | 16.28 | 29.97 | 74.19 | 57.34 |
| Taiwan | 13.10 | 19.32 | 48.43 | 51.15 |
| China | 26.22 | 27.19 | 79.20 | 65.52 |
** indicates the venom locale used to raise the antibodies.