The word anaphylactic has appeared in six articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 6 in “In Africa, Danger Slithers Through Homes and Fields” by Apoorva Mandavilli:
Along with the desired antibodies, antivenom may contain horse or camel proteins that can set off harsh allergic reactions when injected directly into veins.
Dennis Kitheka, 3, arrived at Kitui County Referral Hospital at 2 a.m. the November night he was bitten on his arm as he slept. At 11 a.m., he was put on an antivenom drip but had an anaphylactic reaction, forcing the doctors to stop treatment.
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