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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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Incidence of Snake Bites in Kashan, Iran During an Eight Year Period (2004-2011) [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Snake bites are one of the significant health problems in the tropical and subtropical regions. Snake bite is a common medical emergency in Iran, and the epidemiological features and management of such cases vary from region to region ...
Dehghani, R., Jazayeri, M., Panjeh Shahi, M., Rabani, D., Sabahi-Bidgoli, M.   +4 more
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Functional morphology of the pharyngeal teeth of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Many fish use a set of pharyngeal jaws in their throat to aid in prey capture and processing, particularly of large or complex prey. In this study—combining dissection, CT scanning, histology, and performance testing—we demonstrate a novel use of pharyngeal teeth in the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a species for which pharyngeal jaw anatomy had ...
Benjamin Flaum, Michael J. Blumer, Mason N. Dean, Laura J. Ekstrom   +3 more
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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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Snakebite and its socio-economic impact on the rural population of Tamil Nadu, India [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Snakebite represents a significant health issue worldwide, affecting several million people each year with as many as 95,000 deaths. India is considered to be the country most affected, but much remains unknown about snakebite incidence in
A Kasturiratne, Anburaj Jeyaraj, B Mohapatra, D Williams, DA Warrell, DK Kochar, E Alirol, E. Gail Hutchinson, ID Simpson, J White, JB Harris, JK Joseph, JM Gutierrez, JM Gutierrez, Jonathan M. Gibbins, Joshua Yukich, JP Chippaux, Kameshwaran Nattamaisundar, Karthikeyan Ramasamy, LR Sharma, M. Fazil Baksh, Prabu Gajjeraman, R Rahman, Rajendran Vaiyapuri, Rajesh Ashokan, RS Blaylock, S Fox, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, SK Sharma, SK Sutherland, Viswanathan Chandran   +30 more
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A detailed redescription of a skeletally immature ‘Redondasaurus’ suggests ontogenetic transformations in the taxon mirror phytosaurian morphological evolution

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The study of morphological evolution is fundamentally tied to ontogeny, yet studies of these heterochronic processes in the fossil record are rare. Fossils belonging to an ontogenetic series are difficult to assign to an ontogenetic stage due to inconsistent proxies for skeletal ages, challenging to taxonomically assign due to morphological ...
Erika R. Goldsmith, Michelle R. Stocker
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Epidemiological patterns and trends of paediatric snakebites in Sri Lanka

BMC Research Notes
Objectives This study aimed to analyse the epidemiological patterns of paediatric snake bites in Sri Lanka over a 4-year period (2020–2024). Methods A multi-centre, retrospective observational study was conducted from June 2020 to June 2024 across nine ...
Kavinda Dayasiri, Dihan Caldera, Nayani Suraweera, Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy, Maduwanthi Hettiarachchi, Thanura Denipitiya, Sudharshana Bandara   +6 more
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Challenges in diagnosing and treating snakebites in a rural population of Tamil Nadu, India: the views of clinicians [PDF]

, 2017
Snakebites cause death, disability and economic devastation to their victims, people who live almost exclusively in rural areas. Annually an estimated two million venomous bites cause as many as 100,000 deaths worldwide as well as hundreds of thousands ...
Bicknell, Andrew B., Gajjeraman, Prabu, Gibbins, Jonathan M., Hutchinson, Gail, Vaiyapuri, Rajendran, Vaiyapuri, Sakthivel, Williams, Harry F.   +6 more
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Making it explicit – Sustained shared thinking dialogue as a way to explore children's perspectives on quality in German early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha, Frauke Hildebrandt, Caroline Wronski, Jan Lonnemann, Mathias Urban   +4 more
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Detection of Snake Venom in Post-Antivenom Samples by Dissociation Treatment Followed by Enzyme Immunoassay

Toxins, 2016
Venom detection is crucial for confirmation of envenomation and snake type in snake-bite patients. Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) is used to detect venom, but antivenom in samples prevents venom detection.
Kalana P. Maduwage, Margaret A. O’Leary, Anjana Silva, Geoffrey K. Isbister   +3 more
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