Mojave toxin

from Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus, has phospholipase activity

Networked: 2 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

1.	Respiratory Paralysis 07/01/1980 - "Other organs including skin and muscle were not affected.9 Mojave toxin showed antigenic similarities to crotoxin, the lethal neurotoxin in the venom of the South American rattlesnake, as determined by the ability of antiserum raised against crotoxin to neutralize Mojave toxin.10 With systemic Mojave intoxication of rapid onset, the cause of death was respiratory paralysis. "
2.	Respiratory Insufficiency (Respiratory Failure) 10/01/2011 - "Instead, a severe, rapidly progressing, ascending flaccid paralysis leading to acute respiratory failure, consistent with Mojave toxin, was seen. "
3.	Paralysis (Palsy) 10/01/2011 - "To the knowledge of the authors, this is the first reported case in the veterinary literature of an ascending flaccid paralysis, consistent with Mojave toxin, developing after an envenomation by a Southern Pacific rattlesnake." 10/01/2011 - "Mojave toxin-type ascending flaccid paralysis after an envenomation by a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake in a dog." 10/01/2011 - "Instead, a severe, rapidly progressing, ascending flaccid paralysis leading to acute respiratory failure, consistent with Mojave toxin, was seen. "