South Africa: Stocks of Snake Antivenom Are Dangerously Low, Experts Warn

South Africa's only snake antivenom producer can't make enough of its polyvalent antivenom, which treats bites of at least ten venomous snakes.

Johan Marais, CEO of the African Snakebite Institute, says it's a"major disaster" that doctors and vets can't get hold of the polyvalent antivenom. The polyvalent antivenom is the gold standard for the treatment of venomous snake bites and is produced in Johannesburg by the South African Vaccine Producers , a subsidiary of the National Health Laboratory Service . This antivenom treats snakebites from the Black Mamba, Green Mamba, Jameson's Mamba, Cape Cobra, Forest Cobra, Snouted Cobra, Mozambique Spitting Cobra, Rinkhals, Puff Adder and Gaboon Viper.

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