Currently, no specific antivenom is available in most of its important geographic field (Central America). The scarcity of an antivenom is complicated by insufficient cross-protection by antivenoms that are more accessible in this geographic area. However, the similarity in amino acid sequence of related toxins of two South American coral snakes were high (M. frontalis 70% and M. altirostris 68%). This indicates a possible cross-protection of these two antivenoms for mipartoxin-I.
