Envenomation by the Green Bush Viper Atheris squamigera

Authors

Sam T Ontiveros
Priya Srihari
Garret A Winkler
Jake Del Rosso
Julia Sobel
Richard F Clark
Alicia B Minns

Publication Date

11-9-2022

Journal

Toxicology Reports

Abstract

The Green Bush Viper, Atheris squamigera, is native to West and Central Africa and has few well reported envenomations. Bite victims experience dizziness, nausea, headache, regional lymphadenopathy, and localized edema. Most reports also detail severe effects including thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, hemolysis, hemorrhage, or renal failure. Fatalities are reported, but poorly described. There is no specific antivenom for A. squamigera, but non-species specific antivenom has been reported helpful in several cases. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who was bitten by a green bush viper and was treated with several non-species specific antivenoms. There were no complications to antivenom administration and the patient experienced a milder envenomation than detailed in previous reports.

Keywords

Bush Viper, Venom, Antivenom, Antivenin

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PMID: 36561949