Snakebite is Under Appreciated: Appraisal of Burden from West Africa.

BACKGROUND:Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a major problem in rural areas of West Africa (WA). Compared to other Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), the public health burden of SBE has not been well characterized. We estimated the impact of snakebite mortality and morbidity using the Disability Adjuste...

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Main Authors: Abdulrazaq G Habib, Andreas Kuznik, Muhammad Hamza, Maryam I Abdullahi, Basheer A Chedi, Jean-Philippe Chippaux, David A Warrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4580425?pdf=render