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Strengthening essential medicines policy to improve antivenom availability and affordability for snakebite envenomation in rural sub-Saharan Africa

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Snakebite envenomation remains a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) globally and in most sub-Saharan African countries; however, it causes the majority of morbidities, disabilities, and mortalities, affecting mostly the rural population who engage in ...
Jonhas Masatu, Sadiki Kome, Helman Nyigo, Melkizedeki Abdulahi, Kassim Shellimoh, Emanuel Jonh, Jofrey Mtewele, William Paul, Daniel Amnaay, Emmanuela Marco, Joshua Karaba, David Osima, Majani Edward   +12 more
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Extracorporeal Hemoperfusion as an Adjunctive Therapy in Neurotoxic Snakebite Envenomation: A Case Report

Snakebite envenomation is a medical emergency with potentially fatal systemic complications. We report a case of a 32-year-old male patient who presented to the Emergency Department with a complaint of a snakebite on his right ear.
Mohammad Arief Kurniawan, Riyadh Firdaus, Sidharta Kusuma Manggala   +2 more
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Snakebite envenoming: a hidden health crisis

The Lancet Global Health, 2022
Basnyat, B, Shilpakar, O
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The ocular complications of an envenomous snakebite

South African Family Practice, 2013
An envenomous snakebite is an important public health problem that can lead to irreversible loss of vision. Snake venom neurotoxins mainly act on the peripheral nervous system at the neuromuscular junction, and result in the implication of the cranial nerves.
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Innovative approaches in snakebite treatment: the need for precision antivenoms and next-generation diagnostics

Aspects of Molecular Medicine
Background: Snakebite envenomation Snakebite envenomation is a major public health problem, affecting an estimated 1.8–2.7 million people annually, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries.
Emeka John Dingwoke, Umezuruike Linus Opara, Fatima Adis Adamude, Kingsley Onyekachi Moh, Gilbert Adzemye Nsadzetsen, Abdullahi Balarabe Sallau, Emmanuel Oluwadare Balogun, Amin Elsadig Eltayeb, Ikenna Ezeaku, John Wassagwa, Sunday Egba Omogo, Judith Chinelo Amailo, Maryann Chidimma Enemmuo, Okechukwu Kalu Iroha, Chukwuemeka Paul Nweje-Anyalowu, Chijioke Cyril Ilechukwu, Augustina Chinyere Amaefula   +16 more
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Snakebite: A Clinical Profile, Epidemiology, Prevelence, Blind Beliefs, Medical Treatment, Prophylaxis and Mortality in Saurashtra [PDF]

, 2007
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Odedara, Dilip A.
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Snakebite Treatment in Latin America

Scoping Review of the available literature on effectiveness of treatments for snakebite Envenomation in Latin ...
Maria Camila Rangel Piñeros
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Dermatopathological findings of Bothrops atrox snakebites: A case series in the Brazilian Amazon.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundBothrops venom consists primarily of metalloproteinase and phospholipase A2 toxins, which are responsible for the acute inflammatory, coagulant and hemorrhagic action following snakebite.
Fabiane Bianca Albuquerque Barbosa, Rima de Souza Raad, Hiochelson Najibe Santos Ibiapina, Monique Freire Dos Reis, Juliana Costa Ferreira Neves, Rosilene Viana Andrade, Thaís Pinto Nascimento, Fabio Francesconi Valle, Nicholas R Casewell, Jacqueline Sachett, Marco Aurélio Sartim, Wuelton Monteiro, Allyson Guimarães Costa, Luiz Carlos Lima Ferreira   +13 more
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Snakebite Prognostic Factors: Leading Factors of Weak Therapeutic Response Following Snakebite Envenomation

, 2012
Background: The goal of antivenom administration for snake-bitten patients is to achieve therapeutic response (initial control), which means reversal of the venom-induced effects through neutralizing the venom.
Azam Shafahi, Reza Afshari, Ali Khoshdel, Seyed Monzavi, Abbas Zavar, Bita Dadpour   +5 more
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Differential diagnosis of an unusual snakebite presentation in Benin : dry bite or envenomation ?

, 2019
A 20-year-old man presented to a rural hospital in Bembéréké, northern Benin, after a witnessed bite from a small, dark snake to his left foot that occurred 3 hours earlier.
Massougbodji, A., Akpakpa, O.C., Abo, B.N., Jackson, K., Benjamin, J.M., Tamou-Sambo, B., Ashe, S., Chippaux, Jean-Philippe   +7 more
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