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Retrospective study on epidemiology of snakebites in Sarpang District, southern Bhutan

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
Although snake bite envenomation is considered as a medical emergency with significant morbidity and mortality, accurate figures on snakebite envenomation remains scarce.
Bal Krishna Koirala, Jaganath Koirala, Sunil Sapkota   +2 more
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Snake bite in South Asia: a review [PDF]

, 2010
Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is not known.
Alirol, Emilie, Sharma Sanjib Kumar, Kuch, Ulrich, Sharma, Sanjib Kumar, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Alirol Emilie, Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba, Emilie Alirol, François Chappuis, Kuch Ulrich, Ulrich Kuch, Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar, Chappuis, François, Chappuis François, Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba   +14 more
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Assessing and Managing Spider and Scorpion Envenomation

, 2015
Envenomation by spiders or scorpions is a public health problem in many parts of the world and is not isolated to the tropics and subtropics. Spiders and scorpions can be unintentionally transported globally, and keeping them as pets is becoming more ...
Clochesy, John M, Weiner, Aaron, Graves, B., Graves, Brian, Weiner, A., Clochesy, J.M., McGhee, Stephen, Visovsky, Constance, Finnegan, A., Finnegan, Alan, Visovsky, C., McGhee, S.   +11 more
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Scorpion Envenomation in El Palmar, State of Bolivar, Venezuela

Kasmera, 2011
The prevalence of scorpion envenomation in El Palmar, State of Bolivar, was determined from January 2005 to January 2007. There were 9 cases of scorpion envenomation (0.75 cases/1000 inhabitants), affecting mainly the superior members of male students ...
Julmar Cermeño, Julmery Cermeño, Héctor Gómez, Claudia Almirail   +3 more
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A clinical dilemma in an unconscious patient

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Snake bite is a major life-threatening emergency seen more commonly in rural tropical countries. In general, about 70% of the bites are nonpoisonous, 15% are dry bites, and only 15% cause envenomation.
Suman K Panda, Hari Mohan P. Sinha, Binita Panigrahi, Satish K Prasad   +3 more
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Antivenoms for the treatment of spider envenomation [PDF]

, 2003
There are several groups of medically important araneomorph and mygalomorph spiders responsible for serious systemic envenomation. These include spiders from the genus Latrodectus (family Theridiidae), Phoneutria (family Ctenidae) and the subfamily ...
Nicholson, GM, Graudins, A
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Acute Kidney Injury Induced by Bothrops Venom: Insights into the Pathogenic Mechanisms

Toxins, 2019
Acute kidney injury (AKI) following snakebite is common in developing countries and Bothrops genus is the main group of snakes in Latin America. To evaluate the pathogenic mechanisms associated with Bothrops venom nephrotoxicity, we assessed urinary and ...
Polianna Lemos Moura Moreira Albuquerque, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior, Gdayllon Cavalcante Meneses, Alice Maria Costa Martins, Danya Bandeira Lima, Jacques Raubenheimer, Shihana Fathima, Nicholas Buckley, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher   +8 more
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Pain and Lethality Induced by Insect Stings: An Exploratory and Correlational Study

Toxins, 2019
Pain is a natural bioassay for detecting and quantifying biological activities of venoms. The painfulness of stings delivered by ants, wasps, and bees can be easily measured in the field or lab using the stinging insect pain scale that rates the pain ...
Justin O. Schmidt
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Stonefish Envenomation

, 2019
My research project is the creation of a public-friendly educational animation on the process of stonefish envenomation and how it affects the cardiovascular system in humans.
Laura Schwartz (8006660)
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Snake Bite Envenomation and Anti Snake Venom: A Descriptive study [PDF]

, 2006
The study “Snake Bite Envenomation and Anti Snake Venom – A Descriptive study” was done in 120 patients of Snakebite admitted in IV Medical unit, Department of Medicine, Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai.
Rajkumar, M
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