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. 2019 Aug 2;4:100013. doi: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2019.100013

Table 3.

Antibody titers and neutralization potency of produced sera against Agkistrodon venoms.

LD50a
Serum 201 [anti-A. c. contortrix]
Serum 202 [anti-A. piscivorus]
Serum 203 [anti-A. bilineatus]
Titer ED50b
Titer ED50b
Titer
ED50b
μg/g mgV/mLSc LD50/mLSd mgV/mLSc LD50/mLSd mgV/mLSc LD50/mLSd
A. bilineatus 1.9 18,467 0.5 (0.5–0.6) 15.8 15,821 0.5 (0.4–0.6) 14.2 37,003 2.0 (1.6–2.4) 54.4
A. taylori 1.4 41,131 0.9 (0.9–0.9) 33.5 44,780 0.3 (0.3–0.4) 12.6 122,525 0.2 (0.2–0.3) 9.4
A. russeolus 1.2 34,457 1.5 (1.4–1.5) 65.1 49,880 2.0 (1.6–2.4) 89.1 121,043 5.1 (4.9–5.4) 229.5
A. c. contortrix 11.3 29,829 2.2 (2–2.3) 10.2 30,528 2.5 (2.1–3.0) 11.8 33,522 2.0 (1.7–2.4) 9.4
A. p. piscivorus 5.1 23,278 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 11.8 110,262 2.6 (2.4–2.9) 27.3 43,676 0.9 (0.9–1.0) 9.7
A. p. leucostoma 6.1 20,755 1.4 (1.3–1.5) 11.8 83,123 5.7 (4.6–7.0) 48.6 61,035 2.1 (1.6–2.8) 17.7
A. p. conanti 6.3 29,829 1.1 (1.0–1.1) 9.0 108,032 2.9 (2.8–3.1) 24.5 67,872 2.2 (2.0–2.4) 18.5
Numbers in parenthesis represent 95% confidence intervals. Values in bold represent responses to the homologous venom.
a

Median lethal dose.

b

Neutralization median effective dose, using 3LD50s of venom.

c

Milligrams of venom neutralized per milliliter of serum.

d

Median lethal doses of venom neutralized per milliliter of serum.