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Carrying the Moral Burden of Safe Fieldwork

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Volume 104, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Fieldwork in ecology and the environmental sciences often leads to negative physical and emotional outcomes for workers. I argue that this is largely due to an abdication of responsibility on the part of their supervisors, and that supervisors are charged with carrying three interlinked moral burdens: first, the duty of promoting safety ...
Benjamin Wong Blonder
wiley   +1 more source

Crosstalk of Inflammation and Coagulation in Bothrops Snakebite Envenoming: Endogenous Signaling Pathways and Pathophysiology

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Snakebite envenoming represents a major health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Considering the elevated number of accidents and high morbidity and mortality rates, the World Health Organization reclassified this disease to category A of ...
J. Cavalcante, Denis Emanuel Garcia de Almeida, N. Santos-Filho, M. A. Sartim, Amanda de Almeida Baldo, Lisele Brasileiro, P. Albuquerque, S. Oliveira, Jacqueline A G Sachett, W. Monteiro, R. S. Ferreira   +10 more
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Fatal infective necrotising fasciitis: Complication following Naja nigricincta nigricincta bite (western barred spitting cobra/zebra snake)

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Wound infections following cytotoxic snakebites are common. Bites from Naja nigricincta nigricincta (an African spitting cobra) usually present as severe dermonecrosis spreading within the subdermal fascia layer.
EL Saaiman, PJ (Christo) Buys
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing knowledge and awareness regarding snakebite and management of snakebite envenoming in healthcare workers and the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Background Snakebite envenoming is a serious and life-threatening medical condition that predominantly affects people living in rural communities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
A. Afroz, B. N. Siddiquea, A. Shetty, Timothy N. W. Jackson, Andrew D Watt   +4 more
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Physiological constraints dictate toxin spatial heterogeneity in snake venom glands

BMC Biology, 2022
Background Venoms are ecological innovations that have evolved numerous times, on each occasion accompanied by the co-evolution of specialised morphological and behavioural characters for venom production and delivery.
Taline D. Kazandjian, Brett R. Hamilton, Samuel D. Robinson, Steven R. Hall, Keirah E. Bartlett, Paul Rowley, Mark C. Wilkinson, Nicholas R. Casewell, Eivind A. B. Undheim   +8 more
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How and why snakebite became a global health priority: a policy analysis

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Background Snakebite was added to the WHO neglected tropical disease (NTD) list in 2017, followed by a World Health Assembly resolution in 2018, and an explicit global target being set to reduce the burden in 2019.
S. Bhaumik, A. Zwi, Robyn Norton, J. Jagnoor   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risks of snakebite and challenges to seeking and providing treatment for agro-pastoral communities in Tanzania

PLoS ONE, 2023
Background Continuous occurrence of snakebite incidences and the vulnerability of some communities remain a critical problem in sub-Saharan Africa.
Monica Fredrick Francis, Sr John-Mary Vianney, K. Heitz-Tokpa, K. Kreppel   +3 more
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Commercial Antivenoms Exert Broad Paraspecific Immunological Binding and In Vitro Inhibition of Medically Important Bothrops Pit Viper Venoms

Toxins, 2022
Snakebite envenoming is a life threatening neglected tropical disease that represents a considerable public health concern in the tropics. Viperid snakes of the genus Bothrops are among those of greatest medical importance in Latin America, and they ...
Jaffer Alsolaiss, Nessrin Alomran, Laura Hawkins, Nicholas R. Casewell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

National snakebite project on capacity building of health system on prevention and management of snakebite envenoming including its complications in selected districts of Maharashtra and Odisha in India: A study protocol

PLoS ONE, 2023
Background Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is an acute, life-threatening emergency in tropical and subtropical countries. It is an occupational hazard and a major socioeconomic determinant.
R. Gajbhiye, I. K. Chaaithanya, Hrishikesh Munshi, R. Prusty, A. Mahapatra, S. K. Palo, S. Pati, Arun Yadav, Manohar Bansode, Shashikant Shambharkar, Kanna Madavi, H. Bawaskar, S. Mahale   +12 more
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National programme for prevention & control of snakebite in India: Key challenges & recommendations

The Indian journal of medical research, 2023
© 2023 Indian Journal of Medical Research, published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow for Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research Snakebite envenomation (SBE) is an acute, life-threatening, time-limiting, medical emergency affecting 1.8-2.7 million
R. Gajbhiye, Hrishikesh Munshi, H. Bawaskar   +2 more
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