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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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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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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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Barriers to the hospital treatment among Bede snake charmers in Bangladesh with special reference to venomous snakebite.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life-threatening global public health issue with Bangladesh having one of the highest rates of snakebite cases. The Bede, a nomadic ethnic group in Bangladesh, traditionally engages in snake-related business such as ...
Ken Yoshimura, Moazzem Hossain, Bumpei Tojo, Paul Tieu, Nathalie Nguyen Trinh, Nguyen Tien Huy, Miho Sato, Kazuhiko Moji   +7 more
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Snakebite epidemiology, outcomes and multi-cluster risk modelling in Eswatini.

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, Ara Monadjem, Thea Litschka-Koen, Brent Thomas, Nondusimo Shongwe, Clare Baker, Lindelwa Mmema, Trevor Sithole, James Murray, Nicholas R Casewell, Jonathan Pons, David G Lalloo, Robert A Harrison, Ymkje Stienstra, Wisdom M Dlamini   +14 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.
Chanthawat Patikorn, Jörg Blessmann, Myat Thet Nwe, Patrick Joseph G. Tiglao, Taksa Vasaruchapong, Tri Maharani, Uyen Vy Doan, Syafiq Asnawi Zainal Abidin, Ahmad Khaldun Ismail, Iekhsan Othman, Suthira Taychakhoonavudh, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk   +11 more
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Identifying high snakebite risk area under climate change for community education and antivenom distribution

Scientific Reports, 2023
Snakebite is one of the largest risks from wildlife, however little is known about venomous snake distribution, spatial variation in snakebite risk, potential changes in snakebite risk pattern due to climate change, and vulnerable human population.
Masoud Yousefi, Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani, Marc Grünig, Anooshe Kafash, Mahdi Rajabizadeh, Eskandar Rastegar Pouyani   +5 more
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Vulnerability to snakebite envenoming and access to healthcare in the Terai region of Nepal: A geospatial analysisResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 2023
Summary: Background: Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that mainly affects poor populations in rural areas. In hyperendemic regions, prevention could partially reduce the constant risk, but the population still needs timely access to ...
Carlos Ochoa, Mamit Rai, Sara Babo Martins, Gabriel Alcoba, Isabelle Bolon, Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, François Chappuis, Nicolas Ray   +8 more
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PHYLOGENY OF SOME MIDDLE AMERICAN PITVIPERS BASED ON A CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL 12S AND 16S DNA SEQUENCE INFORMATION [PDF]

, 1999
The cladistic relationships of several Middle American pitvipers representing the genera Bothrops (sensu stricto), Bothriechis, Cerrophidion, Lachesis and Porthidium were determined using mitochondrial 12S and 16S DNA sequence information.
Crother, Brian I., Werman, Steven D., White, Mary E.   +2 more
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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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