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Association between footwear use and neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND The control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has primarily focused on preventive chemotherapy and case management. Less attention has been placed on the role of ensuring access to adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene and personal ...
A Alemu, A Liberati, A Martinez Cardenas, A Tremblay, AK Mukerji, B Yakob, BH Singer, BJ Marston, C Bird, CB Leal-Castellanos, CP Douglin, D Ayode, D Humphries, DM Sasaki, E Marion, E Price, EC Strunz, F Portaels, G Davey, G Davey, G Tadesse, Gail Davey, GC Ilechukwu, H Feldmeier, H Kloos, Hannah Clark, HG Lacerda, HO Ejere, I Ali, J Bartram, J Bethony, J Gutman, J Landier, J Lello, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, JC Nmor, Jeffrey Michael Bethony, JM Behnke, JO Alarcon, JZ Killewo, Jürg Utzinger, K Deribe, K Gunawardena, K Modjarrad, K Phiri, K Ziegelbauer, Kebede Deribe, Khizar Rafique, L Erosie, M Albonico, M Muehlen, M Nuti, M Thielecke, M Yunus Khan, MA Johnson, MC Freeman, ME Stocks, MI Gamboa, MR Sulong, N Njau, P Aimpun, P Bovet, P Hotez, P Phraisuwan, P Steinmann, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PL Raghunathan, PM Emerson, PP Yori, PR Sanchez, PW Woodburn, R Anderson, R Kurup, RI Ejemot, RJ Traub, RL Pullan, S Knopp, S Mihrshahi, Sara Tomczyk, Simon J. Brooker, Stefanie Knopp, T Liabsuetrakul, US Ugbomoiko, V Chongsuvivatwong, V Jiraanankul, VJ Lee, WG Smillie, YB Molla, YB Molla   +90 more
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Snakebite

Vidarbha Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
Snakebite is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in rural India. There is a great unawareness among the general public about this important occupational hazard and timely intervention like anti-snake venom. Furthermore, there is a confusion among primary health centre workers about the management due to various Western guidelines which are ...
Deepanshu Asudani, Archana Aher
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Repurposing cancer drugs, batimastat and marimastat, to inhibit the activity of a group I metalloprotease from the venom of the Western Diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox [PDF]

, 2020
Snakebite envenomation causes over 140,000 deaths every year predominantly in developing countries. As a result, it is one of the most lethal neglected tropical diseases.
Bicknell, Andrew B., Lakshminarayanan, Karthik, Layfield, Harry J., Mehmi, Amita, Patel, Ketan, Ravishankar, Divyashree, Salim, Anika, Sonavane, Medha, Trim, Steven A., Vaiyapuri, Rajendran, Vaiyapuri, Sakthivel, Vallance, Thomas M., Williams, Harry F.   +12 more
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Repurposed drugs and their combinations prevent morbidity-inducing dermonecrosis caused by diverse cytotoxic snake venoms

Nature Communications, 2023
Morbidity from snakebite envenoming affects approximately 400,000 people annually. Tissue damage at the bite-site often leaves victims with catastrophic life-long injuries and is largely untreatable by current antivenoms.
Steven R. Hall, Sean A. Rasmussen, Edouard Crittenden, Charlotte A. Dawson, Keirah E. Bartlett, Adam P. Westhorpe, Laura-Oana Albulescu, Jeroen Kool, José María Gutiérrez, Nicholas R. Casewell   +9 more
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Early online

South African Medical Journal, 2023
This article explores the management of snakebite to vulnerable patient groups, namely children and pregnant women as well as providing detail on the current best practice when caring for venom ophthalmia and surgical wounds resulting from snakebite ...
T Hardcastle, A Engelbrecht, V Lalloo, C Bell, M Toubkin, F Motara, M Kajee   +6 more
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The management of a blood donor bitten by a snake [PDF]

, 2017
The worldwide burden of snakebite is high and venomous snakes are found in many regions of the world and are a threat to public health. In Italy, for instance, viper bites are an infrequent but not negligible event.
Catalano, Liviana, Franchini, Massimo, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M., Marano, Giuseppe, Pupella, Simonetta, Vaglio, Stefania   +5 more
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Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019

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: An Exploratory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Adjunct Treatment Strategies. [PDF]

, 2018
The cost-effectiveness of the standard of care for snakebite treatment, antivenom, and supportive care has been established in various settings. In this study, based on data from South Indian private health-care providers, we address an additional ...
Bulfone, Tommaso C, Herzel, Benjamin J, Kahn, James G, Lewin, Matthew, Raj, C Soundara, Samuel, Stephen P   +5 more
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Machine-learning guided Venom Induced Dermonecrosis Analysis tooL: VIDAL

Scientific Reports, 2023
Snakebite envenoming is a global public health issue that causes significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in low-income regions of the world.
William Laprade, Keirah E. Bartlett, Charlotte R. Christensen, Taline D. Kazandjian, Rohit N. Patel, Edouard Crittenden, Charlotte A. Dawson, Marjan Mansourvar, Darian S. Wolff, Thomas Fryer, Andreas H. Laustsen, Nicholas R. Casewell, José María Gutiérrez, Steven R. Hall, Timothy P. Jenkins   +14 more
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Mass Drug Administration and beyond: how can we strengthen health systems to deliver complex interventions to eliminate neglected tropical diseases? [PDF]

, 2015
Achieving the 2020 goals for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) requires scale-up of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) which will require long-term commitment of national and global financing partners, strengthening national capacity and, at the community ...
Adams, ER, Bockarie, MJ, Harrison, RA, Hollingsworth, T, Kelly-Hope, LA, Kovacic, V, Lehane, M, Macpherson, EE, Paine, MJI, Reimer, LJ, Torr, SJ   +10 more
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