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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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Epidemiological study of snakebite cases in Sikkim: Risk modeling with regard to the habitat suitability of common venomous snakes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background Snakebite envenoming is listed as category ‘A’ Neglected Tropical Disease. To achieve the target of WHO (World Health Organization) 2019, it becomes necessary to understand various attributes associated with snakebite including community ...
Ananta Rai, Manita Chettri, Sailendra Dewan, Bidita Khandelwal, Basundhara Chettri   +4 more
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Evaluation of Medical Officers' Certificate Programme (MOCP) Course Competency Based Learning [PDF]

, 2015
Medical Officers' Certificate Programme (MOCP) is a 6 months training programme in Pediatrics/Medicine at Medical colleges wherein doctors work like postgraduate students, learn various OPD, IPD, (Out Patients and In Patient Department) procedures ...
Phadke, M. A. (Mrudula)
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Quantifying venom in African snakes: Insights into protein content, yield and body size associations

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Snake venoms are complex mixtures primarily composed of toxic proteins used during prey capture and defence. There is limited knowledge concerning the protein concentration of snake venom and the biases of different protein determination methods.
Stephanie French, Rachael Da Silva, Martijn ten Have, Edouard Crittenden, Paul Rowley, India C. Cullen, Zachary Holland, Mark C. Wilkinson, Cassandra M. Modahl   +8 more
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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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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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Presentation, management, and outcome of snake-bite in two district hospitals in Ghana [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: the burden of disease represented by snakebites is widely underestimated and often neglected public health problem in the tropics. There is insufficient epidemiological data to guide distribution of antivenin and proper management of ...
Adjei, George, Baiden, Frank, Berko, Yvonne, Brenner, Stephan, Hultgren, Aaron, Moresky, Rachel, Niyogi, Anjali, Nyuzaghl, Josephat, Punguyire, Damien, Soghoian, Sari   +9 more
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Investigating Snake-Venom-Induced Dermonecrosis and Inflammation Using an Ex Vivo Human Skin Model

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Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that causes >100,000 deaths and >400,000 cases of morbidity annually. Despite the use of mouse models, severe local envenoming, defined by morbidity-causing local tissue necrosis, remains poorly ...
Jaffer Alsolaiss, Gail Leeming, Rachael Da Silva, Nessrin Alomran, Nicholas R. Casewell, Abdulrazaq G. Habib, Robert A. Harrison, Cassandra M. Modahl   +7 more
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Treatment of Snake Bites at a Regional Burn Center: Report of a Case Series [PDF]

, 2013
Background. Although uncommon, snakebites can cause significant morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to review the characteristics, treatment, and outcome of patients with a suspected or known snakebite who were treated at a regional ...
Helmer, Stephen D, Khandelwal, Anjay K, Yu, Gie N   +2 more
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Analysis of News Media-Reported Snakebite Envenoming in Nepal during 2010-2022.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundSnakebite envenoming is a well-known medical emergency in the Terai of Nepal in particular. However, there is an epidemiological knowledge gap. The news media data available online provide substantial information on envenomings.
Deb P Pandey, Narayan B Thapa
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