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Twelve month prospective study of snakebite in a major teaching hospital in Mandalay, Myanmar; Myanmar Snakebite Project (MSP)

Toxicon: X, 2019
The Myanmar Snakebite Project is an Australian government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) supported foreign aid project in collaboration with the Myanmar government with the aim of improving outcomes for snakebite patients in Myanmar.
Julian White, Sam Alfred, David Bates, Mohammad Afzal Mahmood, David Warrell, Robert Cumming, Khin Thida Thwin, Myat Myat Thein, Myo Thant, Zaw Myo Naung, Ye Htet Naing, Su Sint Sint San, Myat Thet Nwe, Chen Au Peh   +13 more
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Snake Venom Metalloproteinases from Puff Adder and Saw-Scaled Viper Venoms Cause Cytotoxic Effects in Human Keratinocytes

Toxins
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that causes substantial mortality and morbidity globally. The puff adder (Bitis arietans) and saw-scaled viper (Echis romani) have cytotoxic venoms that cause permanent injury via dermonecrosis around ...
Keirah E. Bartlett, Adam Westhorpe, Mark C. Wilkinson, Nicholas R. Casewell   +3 more
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Contribution of ultrasonography to the diagnosis of internal bleeding in snakebite envenomation [PDF]

, 2016
Background: In Africa, snakebite envenomations are frequently complicated by life-threatening hemorrhagic syndromes. The authors of the present study conducted a prospective analysis at the University Hospital of Parakou (north of Benin) for seven months
Aguemon, A. R., Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, de Tove, K. M. S., de Tove, Y. S. S., Djomga, A. T. C., Massougbodji, A., Tchaou, B. A.   +6 more
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The urgent need to develop novel strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of snakebites [PDF]

, 2019
Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a priority neglected tropical disease, which kills over one hundred thousand people per year. However, many millions of survivors also suffer through disabilities and long-term health consequences.
Aagaard-Hansen, Abbas, Bdolah, Bicknell, , Blaylock, Bouazza, Chippaux, CSL, Dhananjaya, Fry, Griffin, Harvey, Kalita, Kardong, Kardong, Kisiel, Kisiel, Layfield, , Litschka-Koen, Mackessy, Modahl, Omidfar, Ottesen, Patel, , Paul, Schetinger, Seth, Shah, Trim, , Vaiyapuri, Vaiyapuri, , Vallance, , Vijeth, Warrell, Warrell, Warrell, Wei, Williams, , Wüster, Zolfagharian   +39 more
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Snakebite envenoming in Africa remains widely neglected and demands multidisciplinary attention

Nature Communications
Snakebite envenoming can cause morbidity, permanent disability or death but treatment and prevention thereof remains highly inadequate in Africa. Overcoming structural and financial barriers that impede existing initiatives to improve medical management ...
Philipp Berg, Francois Theart, Marcel van Driel, Esta L. Saaiman, Lise-Bethy Mavoungou   +4 more
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Where did Venomous Snakes Strike? A Spatial Statistical Analysis of Snakebite Cases in Bondowoso Regency, Indonesia

Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2018
Snakebite envenomation in Indonesia is a health burden that receives no attention from stakeholders. The high mortality and morbidity rate caused by snakebite in Indonesia is estimated from regional reports.
Farid Rifaie, Tri Maharani, Amir Hamidy
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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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Current status of herbal and their future perspectives [PDF]

, 2007
Traditional medicine is the synthesis of therapeutic experience of generations of practicing physicians of indigenous systems of medicine. Throughout the history of mankind, many infectious diseases have been treated with herbals.
Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone, Ramar Perumal R. Samy   +1 more
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Epidemiology of snakebites in Kedougou region (eastern Senegal) : comparison of various methods for assessment of incidence and mortality [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Although considered a public health issue in Senegal, the actual incidence and mortality from snakebite are not known. In the present study, an epidemiological survey was carried out in Kedougou region, southeastern Senegal, where ...
Camara, B., Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Diouf, A., Kane, O., Lam, A.   +4 more
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Examining the Role of Treatment-seeking Behavior in Snakebite Mortality: A Narrative Review

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that requires attention. The mortality due to snakebite is highest in India as compared to other countries. This review aims to investigate underlying factors influencing the treatment seeking behaviour and its ...
Aditi Sharma, Hunny Sharma
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