First characterization of the venom of the endemic coral snake Micrurus camilae (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Colombia: Proteome, toxic activities, immunorecognition, and neutralization by antivenoms

Jeisson Gómez-Robles; Paola Rey-Suárez; Julián Fernández; Mónica Saldarriaga-Córdoba; Mahmood Sasa; Bruno Lomonte; Vitelbina Núñez

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013941

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First characterization of the venom of the endemic coral snake Micrurus camilae (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Colombia: Proteome, toxic activities, immunorecognition, and neutralization by antivenoms

Jeisson Gómez-Robles ,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: jeisson.gomez1@udea.edu.co

Affiliation Grupo de Investigación en Toxinología, Alternativas Terapéuticas y Alimentarias (TOXATA). Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9816-3697

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Paola Rey-Suárez,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Grupo de Investigación en Toxinología, Alternativas Terapéuticas y Alimentarias (TOXATA). Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Aplicadas, Institución Universitaria ITM, Medellín, Colombia
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Julián Fernández,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Mónica Saldarriaga-Córdoba,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales y Sostenibles (CIRENYS), Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile
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Mahmood Sasa,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Museo de Zoología, Centro de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Bruno Lomonte,

Roles Writing – review & editing, Methodology

Affiliation Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Vitelbina Núñez

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Grupo de Investigación en Toxinología, Alternativas Terapéuticas y Alimentarias (TOXATA). Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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First characterization of the venom of the endemic coral snake Micrurus camilae (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Colombia: Proteome, toxic activities, immunorecognition, and neutralization by antivenoms

Jeisson Gómez-Robles,
Paola Rey-Suárez,
Julián Fernández,
Mónica Saldarriaga-Córdoba,
Mahmood Sasa,
Bruno Lomonte,
Vitelbina Núñez

Published: February 17, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013941

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