Effectiveness of the Androctonus Australis Hector Nanobody NbF12-10 Antivenom to Neutralize Significantly the Toxic Effect and Tissue Damage Provoked by Fraction of Androctonus mauretanicus (Morocco) Scorpion Venom

Chgoury F^1,4*, Benabderrazek R², Tounsi H³, Oukkache N¹, Hmila I¹, Boubaker S³, Ayeb ME², Saïle R⁴, Ghalim N¹ and Bouhaouala-Zahar B^2,5*

¹Laboratory of Venoms and Toxins, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, 1- Place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca 20360, Morocco

²Laboratory of Venoms and Therapeutic Molecules, Pasteur Institute of Tunis/University of Tunis El Manar, 13 Place Pasteur, BP74, 1002 - Tunis, Tunisia

³Laboratory of Human and Experimental Pathology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis/University of Tunis El Manar, 13 Place Pasteur, BP74, 1002 - Tunis, Tunisia

⁴Laboratory of Biology and Health, URAC 34, Hassan II University Casablanca, Faculty of Science Ben M’sik, Morocco

⁵Medical School of Tunis, 15 Rue Djebel Lakhdhar, La Rabta 1007, Tunis-Tunisia-University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

^*Corresponding Author(s): Chgoury F, Laboratory of Venoms and Toxins, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, 1- Place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca 20360, Morocco, Tel: +212-662-472-795, Fax: +212-522-260-957 Email: Bouhaouala-Zahar B, Medical School of Tunis, 15 Rue Djebel Lakhdhar, La Rabta 1007, Tunis-Tunisia-University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia, Tel: +216-983-452-65, Fax: +212-71-791-833 Email: