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BECAUSE of the complexity of venom proteins and their great local and systemic effects, active immunization has been confined to animals utilized in the production of commercial antivenins. In work recorded here, the feasibility of a safe and practical method of immunization of man against snakebite has been explored.
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FLOWERS, H. Active Immunization of a Human Being against Cobra (Naja naja) Venom. Nature 200, 1017–1018 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001017b0
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