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Reappraisal of Vipera aspis venom neurotoxicity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2007
BACKGROUND: The variation of venom composition with geography is an important aspect of intraspecific variability in the Vipera genus, although causes of this variability remain unclear.
Elisabeth Ferquel, Luc de Haro, Virginie Jan, Isabelle Guillemin, Sabine Jourdain, Alexandre Teynié, Jacques d'Alayer, Valérie Choumet   +7 more
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Animal bites presenting to the emergency department: Spectrum, seasonal variation, and outcome

Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2021
Context: Animal bites including insect, reptile, and mammalian bites are common presentations to the emergency department (ED). Although profile and outcome of individual bites are described in detail, the literature on comprehensive overall clinical ...
Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash, Rayshna Rao   +1 more
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A retrospective analysis of snake envenomation in the intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in Delhi

Journal of Acute Disease, 2019
Objective: To evaluate the epidemiology, clinical profile and treatment for patients with snake bite in the intensive care unit of our hospital. Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients with snake bite admitted to the intensive care unit of a ...
Shivali Panwar, Aashish Dang
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The Global Snake Bite Initiative: an antidote for snake bite

The Lancet, 2010
Clinicians have for a long time witnessed the tragedy of injury, disability, and death from snake bite that is a daily occurrence in many parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. To many people living in these regions, including some of the world’s poorest communities, snake bite is an ever present occupational risk and environmental hazard, an ...
Williams, Mr, Gutiérrez, J.M., Harrison, R., Warrell, D.A., White, J., Winkel, K.D., Gopalakrishnakone, P.   +6 more
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Snake bite in Northwest Iran: A retrospective study [PDF]

Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2016
Introduction: bite affects about 2 million people every year, with more than 100000 mortalities annually. A person bitten by a snake represents a variety of symptoms.
Leila Eslamian, Haede Mobaiyen, Zhinous Bayat-Makoo, Reza Piri, Ronak Benisi, Mohammad Naghavi Behzad   +5 more
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A study on the clinical profile and complications of snake bite among patients at a tertiary care centre in Western Odisha

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023
Background: India is a country known to the West as a country of snake charmers and snakes. Generation after generation, some families in our country continue to play and live with snakes (snake charmers), but we fail to protect the community from snake
Jagannath Pradhan, Chakradhar Majhi, Sasmita Pradhan   +2 more
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Snake bite

The Lancet, 2010
Snake bite is a common and frequently devastating environmental and occupational disease, especially in rural areas of tropical developing countries. Its public health importance has been largely ignored by medical science. Snake venoms are rich in protein and peptide toxins that have specificity for a wide range of tissue receptors, making them ...
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Snakebite in bedroom kills a physician in Cameroon: a case report

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies snake bites as neglected public health problem affecting mostly tropical and subtropical countries.
Armand Nkwescheu, Leopold Cyriaque Donfack Mbasso, Franky Baonga Ba Pouth, Anastase Dzudie, Serge Clotaire Billong, Hermann Ngouakam, Joseph Le Doux Diffo, Hanny Eyongorock, Wilfred Mbacham   +8 more
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Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Snake Bite Victims Admitted in a District Hospital in Northern Maharashtra, India [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology
Background: Recognized by the World Health Organization as a neglected tropical disease in 2009, snake bites continue to contribute substantially to morbidity and mortality in tropical countries. Maharashtra, experiences high incidence of snake bites due
Anaya Kamalapurkar, Tanuja Manohar
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Hematotoxicity in Patients with Snake Bite

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2014
Background: To determine the frequency of haematoxicity in patients with snake bite. Methods: In this descriptive study patients (n=84) with history of snake bite were included.
Afsheen Ishfaq
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