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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017 Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that kills >100,000 people and maims >400,000 people every year. Impoverished populations living in the rural tropics are particularly vulnerable; snakebite envenoming perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins that exert a wide range of toxic actions.
Gutiérrez, J +5 more
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Journal of Acute Disease, 2021 Objective: To identify the early predictors of severe envenomation in the southern region of Tunisia. Methods: It was a retrospective monocentric study including consecutive patients admitted to the emergency department for snakebite envenomation ...
Olfa Chakroun-Walha +7 more
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Hypertensive encephalopathy with locked-in syndrome mimicking brain death: An unusual case of Krait envenomation with literature review. [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2020 Introduction: Neuroparalytic snake bite is a serious life-threatening hazard all over the world, especially in tropical countries of South-East Asia. But it is one of the most neglected tropical diseases.
Revanth Baineni +3 more
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The Failures of Ethnobotany and Phytomedicine in Delivering Novel Treatments for Snakebite Envenomation [PDF]
Toxins, 2020 Steven A Trim +2 more
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Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019
Nature Communications, 2022 Snakebite envenoming is a leading cause of mortality among neglected tropical diseases. Here, the authors analyze a global data repository and estimate that snakebite envenoming caused over 63,000 deaths in 2019, primarily concentrated in South Asia and ...
GBD 2019 Snakebite Envenomation Collaborators
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Antibiotic therapy for snakebite envenoming [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2020 There are numerous conflicting recommendations available on the use of antibiotics following snakebite. The present letter to the editor presents some recommendations based on recent studies, and aims to stimulate debate on this topic.
Dabor Resiere +5 more
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Suspected snakebite in a tertiary referral centre in Western Sydney: a 10-year case series
Toxicology Communications, 2023 We aimed to determine the epidemiology and clinical management of patients presenting to an Australian tertiary emergency department (ED) with a suspected snake bite.
Pramod Chandru +3 more
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Severe snakebite envenomation revealed by an acute abdomen [PDF]
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020 Iroukora Kassegne
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Mental health conditions after snakebite: a scoping review
BMJ Global Health, 2020 Introduction Snakebite is a neglected tropical disease. Snakebite causes at least 120 000 death each year and it is estimated that there are three times as many amputations.
Soumyadeep Bhaumik +3 more
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Endocrine and Metabolic Manifestations of Snakebite Envenoming [PDF]
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020 Snakebite envenoming is a neglected, public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions. Local tissue necrosis, neurotoxic, and hemo-vasculotoxic effects are well-recognized features, whereas the endocrine and metabolic derangements are not as well known.
Saptarshi, Bhattacharya +6 more
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