Life-threatening medical issues can result from snakebite, and hence this is a public health concern. In many tropical and subtropical nations such as Kenya, where a wide variety of poisonous snakes are prevalent, diagnosis of snakebite in health facilities is imperative. Different antivenoms are needed to treat the venom of different snake species. Nonetheless, it might be difficult for medical professionals to identify the exact snake species that envenomated a patient due to the similarities of several snake envenomations' clinical symptoms. Therefore, the necessity for an assay or technique for identifying venomous species is critical. The current study sought to develop a sensitive ELISA prototype for the detection of
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