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Snakebite

Vidarbha Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
Snakebite is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in rural India. There is a great unawareness among the general public about this important occupational hazard and timely intervention like anti-snake venom. Furthermore, there is a confusion among primary health centre workers about the management due to various Western guidelines which are ...
Deepanshu Asudani, Archana Aher
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Clinical Profile and Pharmacological Management of Snakebites in Community Care Units: A Retrospective Study Using Two Military Hospital Databases in South Thailand

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Snakebite envenoming is an occupational hazard in remote rural areas of South Thailand, where the highest incidence of snakebites is reported. In this work, a hospital-based retrospective study of snakebite patients from 2012 to 2022 at Fort Wachirawut ...
Sethapong Lertsakulbunlue, Ratchakarn Suebtuam, Theethach Eamchotchawalit, Wittawat Chantkran, Janeyuth Chaisakul   +4 more
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Snakebites in Rio Branco and surrounding region, Acre, Western Brazilian Amazon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION Snakebites are considered a neglected tropical disease in many countries in Latin America, including Brazil. As few studies have assessed snakebites in the Amazon region and especially in the state of Acre, epidemiological studies are of ...
Laiane Parente de Oliveira, José Genivaldo do Vale Moreira, Jacqueline de Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde   +5 more
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Influential Factors of Local Tissue Necrosis after Taiwan Cobra Bites: A Secondary Analysis of the Clinical Significance of Venom Detection in Patients of Cobra Snakebites

Toxins, 2021
Local tissue swelling, inflammation, and wound necrosis are observed in Taiwan cobra bites. Knowledge of the factors influencing local tissue necrosis after cobra bites might improve the cobra bite treatment strategy.
Chih-Chuan Lin, Chung-Hsien Chaou, Shi-Ying Gao   +2 more
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An Appraisal of Antidotes’ Effectiveness: Evidence of the Use of Phyto-Antidotes and Biotechnological Advancements

Molecules, 2020
Poisoning is the greatest source of avoidable death in the world and can result from industrial exhausts, incessant bush burning, drug overdose, accidental toxication or snake envenomation. Since the advent of Albert Calmette’s cobra venom antidote,
Christiana Eleojo Aruwa, Yusuf Ola Mukaila, Abdulwakeel Ayokun-nun Ajao, Saheed Sabiu   +3 more
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Oral Bacteria and Their Antibiotic Susceptibilities in Taiwanese Venomous Snakes

Microorganisms, 2022
Wound infections after venomous snakebites are clinically important. Information regarding the nature and antibiotic susceptibilities of snake oral bacterial flora could support empiric antibiotic therapy.
Po-Chun Chuang, Wen-Hao Lin, Yi-Chun Chen, Chun-Chih Chien, I-Min Chiu, Tein-Shun Tsai   +5 more
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Seasonal variation, treatment outcome, and its associated factors among the snakebite patients in Somali region, Ethiopia

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundSnakebite is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in many areas, particularly in the rural tropics, and is a major public health problem around the world.
Ahmed Abdullahi, Nejib Yusuf, Adera Debella, Addis Eyeberu, Alemayehu Deressa, Habtamu Bekele, Indeshaw Ketema, Ibsa Mussa Abdulahi, Fitsum Weldegebreal   +8 more
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Immersing in a Neglected Problem Inside the Amazon Jungle: Abstracts of the 1st International Symposium on Research in Venomous Animals, Manaus, Brazil

Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023
The Amazon represents the world’s greatest biodiversity and covers different countries in South America, including Brazil with the largest area. The interaction between the resident population of this area and its ecosystem is responsible for an intense ...
Jacqueline Sachett, Felipe Murta, Ana Maria Moura da Silva, Altair Seabra de Farias, Igor Luis Kaefer, Pedro Bisneto, Felipe Cerni, Érica da Silva Carvalho, Gisele Santos Rocha, Hector Koolen, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Allyson Guimarães Costa, Vanderson Sampaio, Manuela Pucca, Fan Hui Wen, Marco Aurélio Sartim, Wuelton Monteiro   +16 more
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The management of a blood donor bitten by a snake [PDF]

, 2017
The worldwide burden of snakebite is high and venomous snakes are found in many regions of the world and are a threat to public health. In Italy, for instance, viper bites are an infrequent but not negligible event.
Catalano, Liviana, Franchini, Massimo, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M., Marano, Giuseppe, Pupella, Simonetta, Vaglio, Stefania   +5 more
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Preliminary Insights of Brazilian Snake Venom Metalloproteomics

Toxins, 2023
Snakebite envenoming is one of the most significantly neglected tropical diseases in the world. The lack of diagnosis/prognosis methods for snakebite is one of our motivations to develop innovative technological solutions for Brazilian health.
Bruna Cavecci-Mendonça, Karen Monique Luciano, Tauane Vaccas, Laudicéia Alves de Oliveira, Eloisa Fornaro Clemente, Bruno Cesar Rossini, José Cavalcante Souza Vieira, Luciana Curtolo de Barros, Ilka Biondi, Pedro de Magalhães Padilha, Lucilene Delazari dos Santos   +10 more
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