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De acordo com o SINITOX, em 2005 os animais

peçonhentos responderam por 23.647 (28%) dos casos de intoxicações em seres

humanos no Brasil. Desse total, 8.208 (35%) envolveram escorpiões. As serpentes

contribuíram com 4.944 (21%), as aranhas com 4.661 (20%) e os demais animais

peçonhentos com 5.834 (25%) (SINITOX, 2005).

1.8 Soros Antiofídicos

Soros são produtos de origem biológica e fazem parte do grupo dos

imunobiológicos, sendo utilizados para tratar intoxicações provocadas pelo veneno

de animais peçonhentos ou por toxinas de agentes infecciosos, como os

causadores da difteria, botulismo e tétano. A primeira etapa da produção de soros

antipeçonhentos é a extração do veneno - também chamado peçonha - de animais

como serpentes, escorpiões, aranhas e taturanas. Após a extração, a peçonha é

submetida a um processo chamado liofilizacão, que desidrata e cristaliza o veneno

(INSTITUTO BUTANTAN, 2009).

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peçonhentos responderam por 23.647 (28%) dos casos de intoxicações em seres

humanos no Brasil. Desse total, 8.208 (35%) envolveram escorpiões. As serpentes

contribuíram com 4.944 (21%), as aranhas com 4.661 (20%) e os demais animais

peçonhentos com 5.834 (25%) (SINITOX, 2005).

1.8 Soros Antiofídicos

Soros são produtos de origem biológica e fazem parte do grupo dos

imunobiológicos, sendo utilizados para tratar intoxicações provocadas pelo veneno

de animais peçonhentos ou por toxinas de agentes infecciosos, como os

causadores da difteria, botulismo e tétano. A primeira etapa da produção de soros

antipeçonhentos é a extração do veneno - também chamado peçonha - de animais

como serpentes, escorpiões, aranhas e taturanas. Após a extração, a peçonha é

submetida a um processo chamado liofilizacão, que desidrata e cristaliza o veneno

(INSTITUTO BUTANTAN, 2009).

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