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Snakebite epidemiology, outcomes and multi-cluster risk modelling in Eswatini [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundHalving snakebite morbidity and mortality by 2030 requires countries to develop both prevention and treatment strategies. The paucity of data on the global incidence and severity of snakebite envenoming causes challenges in prioritizing and ...
Sara Padidar
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Snakebite in Indonesia

Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2016
Indonesia as one of the largest tropical and agricultural countries in the world shared the particularly high burden cases of snakebite. In the last decade, World Health Organization (WHO) has listed snakebite as one of the neglected tropical disease ...
Randy Adiwinata, Erni J Nelwan
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Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019 [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2022
Snakebite envenoming is a leading cause of mortality among neglected tropical diseases. Here, the authors analyze a global data repository and estimate that snakebite envenoming caused over 63,000 deaths in 2019, primarily concentrated in South Asia and ...
GBD 2019 Snakebite Envenomation Collaborators
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Snakebite envenoming [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that kills >100,000 people and maims >400,000 people every year. Impoverished populations living in the rural tropics are particularly vulnerable; snakebite envenoming perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins that exert a wide range of toxic actions.
Gutiérrez, J, Calvete, J, Habib, A, Harrison, R, Williams, D, Warrell, D   +5 more
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Estimating economic and disease burden of snakebite in ASEAN countries using a decision analytic model

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background Understanding the burden of snakebite is crucial for developing evidence-informed strategies to pursue the goal set by the World Health Organization to halve morbidity and mortality of snakebite by 2030.
Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk
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Establishing the Kenya National Antivenom Quality Control Laboratory: Preclinical Efficacy Results of Four Antivenoms Against Venoms from the “Big Five” Snake Species in Kenya [PDF]

Toxins
Antivenom administration is currently the only therapy for snakebite envenoming. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, inadequate quality control systems have led to deficits in the availability, accessibility, efficacy and safety of regionally available ...
Valentine Musabyimana, John M. Kagira, Jacob Lubuya, Caroline W. Ngugi, Brian M. Musau, Wathuto Ogopotse, Geoffrey Maranga, Dennis Kotti, Pamela M. Khasandi, Ezekiel Adino, Brent C. Thomas, Cassandra M. Modahl, Peter G. Mwethera, Robert A. Harrison, Nicholas R. Casewell, George O. Oluoch   +15 more
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Estimating snakebite incidence from mathematical models: A test in Costa Rica

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BackgroundSnakebite envenoming is a neglected public health challenge that affects mostly economically deprived communities who inhabit tropical regions.
CARLOS Bravo-Vega, Juan Manuel Cordovez, Camila Renjifo-Ibañez   +2 more
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Knowledge of health workers on snakes and snakebite management and treatment seeking behavior of snakebite victims in Bhutan.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
BackgroundPublished information on snakebite is rare in Bhutan although remarkably higher number of snakebites and associated deaths are reported from other South Asian countries.Aims and methodologyStructured questionnaire was used to collect knowledge ...
Sunil Sapkota, Deb P Pandey, Guru P Dhakal, Dhan B Gurung   +3 more
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Causal inference unveils how forest coverage mitigates excess snakebite cases during rainfall seasons in Colombia

Scientific Reports
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that affects mainly rural populations, where antivenom is scarce. Understanding environmental drivers of snakebite incidence is critical for public health preparedness.
Juan David Gutiérrez, Carlos Bravo-Vega, Juan Manuel Cordovez   +2 more
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A global core outcome measurement set for snakebite clinical trials [PDF]

, 2022
Snakebite clinical trials have often used heterogeneous outcome measures and there is an urgent need for standardisation. A globally representative group of key stakeholders came together to reach consensus on a globally relevant set of core outcome ...
Casewell, Nicholas R., Bammigatti, C, Gerardo, CJ, Harrison, R. A., Abouyannis, Michael, Coldiron, ME, Martins, D, Harrison, Robert A, Aggarwal, D, Coldiron, Matthew E., Walker, S. A, Lamb, Thomas, Lalloo, David G, Alcoba, Gabriel, Ribeiro, Isabela, Yeri, BK, Watson, James A., Ngama, M., Ngama, Mwanajuma, Walker, AS, Isbister, Geoffrey, Hamaluba, M, Walker, Ann Sarah, Yeri, B. K., Watson, J. A., Habib, Abdulrazaq G., Casewell, Nicholas R, Lamb, T, Coldiron, Matthew E, Lewin, MR, Martins, Diogo, Hamaluba, M., Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Ribeiro, I., Walker, Ann, Carter, RW, de Silva, H. Janaka, Yeri, Betty K., Monteiro, W, Isbister, Geoffrey K., Lewin, Matthew R., Stienstra, Ymkje, Snakebite Global Core Outcome SetStudy Group, Walker, Sarah A, Williams, D. J., Mwalukore, Salim, Chippaux, Jean-Phillippe, Alphan, HJ, Lalloo, David, Mwalukore, S., Watson, James A, Harrison, Robert A., Abouyannis, M, Cammack, N., Walker, A. Sarah, Ngama, M, Carter, Rebecca W., Bammigatti, Chanaveerappa, Hamaluba, Mainga, Gutierrez, Jose M, Williams, David J., Williams, David, Cammack, N, Habib, Abdulrazaq, Lalloo, David; id_orcid, Aggarwal, Dinesh, Lavonas, Eric, Alcoba, G, Alphan, Hassan J., Habib, AG, Esmail, H., Esmail, Hanif, Habib, Abdulrazaq Garba, Habib, A. G., Ibister, Geoffrey K, Mumba, N., Cammack, Nick, Lalloo, DG, Mumba, Noni, Casewell, NR, Alcoba Wright, Gabriel, Williams, DJ, Alcoba, G., Isbister, G. K., Lavonas, EJ, Stienstra, Y, Lavonas, E. J., Gutiérrez, José M., Yeri, Betty, Esmail, H, Mumba, N, Chippaux, Jean Philippe, Gutiérrez, J. M., Williams, David J, de Silva, HJ, Lalloo, David G., Alphan, H. J., Monteiro, Wuelton, Mwalukore, S, Yeri, Betty K, Mwangudzah, H., Martins, D., Habib, Abdulrazaq G, Lalloo, D. G., Walker, SA, Ribeiro, I, Alphan, Hassan, Casewell, N. R., Watson, JA, Alphan, Hassan J, Lavonas, Eric J., Walker, Sarah A., Aggarwal, D., Abouyannis, M., Casewell, Nick; id_orcid, Harrison, RA, Coldiron, Matthew, Mwangudzah, Hope, Harrison, Robert, Gerardo, Charles J., Gutiérrez, JM, Isbister, Geoffrey K, Isbister, GK, Chippaux, JP, Lavonas, Eric J, Mwangudzah, H, Coldiron, M. E., Guitierrez, Jose M, Gutiérrez, José María   +128 more
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