MAVIN Version: March 22, 2016 Poison Centre Munich
Genus: Cerastes
Classification
:
Snake
(animal group),
Viperidae
(family),
Cerastes
(genus)
Geographic area:
North Africa
,
Middle East
Indicated antivenom:
Nr
Antivenom
Number of holding centres
1.
Anti-viperin (Bivalent)
[Institut Pasteur d'Algerie, Algeria]
0
2.
Antiviperin Sera
[Institut Pasteur du Tunis, Tunisia]
0
3.
Antiviperin Sera (Morocco)
[Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Morocco]
0
4.
Favirept
[Sanofi Pasteur SA, France]
0
5.
Polyvalent Anti-vipers Venom
[VACSERA, Egypt]
0
6.
Polyvalent Snake Antivenom (Saudi Arabia)
[National Antivenom and Vaccine Production Centre, Saudi Arabia]
7 (vials total 216)
7.
Polyvalent Snake Venom Antiserum
[VACSERA, Egypt]
0
All species and subspecies of genus »Cerastes«: n=3.
Cerastes cerastes
Synonym:
African Desert Horned Viper, Desert Horned Viper, Desert Viper, Egyptian Sand Viper, Greater Cerastes Viper, Horned Viper, Hornviper, Sahara Horned Viper, Sahara Sand Viper, Saharan Horned Viper
Geographic area:
North Africa
,
Middle East
Antivenom:
Anti-viperin (Bivalent)
,
Antiviperin Sera
,
Antiviperin Sera (Morocco)
,
Favirept
,
Polyvalent Anti-vipers Venom
,
Polyvalent Snake Antivenom (Saudi Arabia)
,
Polyvalent Snake Venom Antiserum
Cerastes gasperettii
Synonym:
Arabian Horned Viper, Gasperetti's Horned Sand Viper, Horned Viper, Sand Viper
Geographic area:
Middle East
Antivenom:
Polyvalent Snake Antivenom (Saudi Arabia)
Cerastes vipera
Synonym:
Avicenna's Viper, Cleopatra's Asp, Lesser Cerastes Viper, Sahara Desert Viper, Sahara Hornless Viper, Sahara Sand Viper
Geographic area:
North Africa
,
Middle East
Antivenom:
Antiviperin Sera
,
Antiviperin Sera (Morocco)
,
Polyvalent Snake Venom Antiserum