Toxicon 2022 Feb 5;207:48-51. Epub 2022 Jan 5.
Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran; Scientific Unlimited Horizon, Tucson, AZ, USA. Electronic address:
Latifi's viper (Montivipera latifii), also known as Lar Valley or Damavandi viper, is endemic to Iran. It has rarely been recorded, as it occurs in a highly-protected national park. In this first clinical report of a confirmed bite by this species, a teenage girl was bitten on the chin, causing rapidly-progressive swelling of the face and oropharyngeal mucosa. Read More