Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living
in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is …

Current available data on snake bites in Nepal are based solely on hospital statistics. This
communitybased study aimed at evaluating the impact of snake bites and determining the …

Background Snake bite is a neglected public health problem in the world and one of the
major causes of mortality and morbidity in many areas, particularly in the rural tropics. It also …

Snake bite is a common and frequently devastating environmental and occupational
disease, especially in rural areas of tropical developing countries. Its public health …

Confronting the Neglected Problem of Snake Bite Envenoming: The Need for a Global
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Snake-bite mortality among a rural population in Kenya was estimated to be 6· 7/100 000
people each year, representing 0· 7% of all deaths. A community-based retrospective survey …

Envenoming by poisonous animals (snakes, scorpions, wasps, ants and spiders) is
occupational hazards often faced by farmers and farm laborers of tropical and subtropical …

Snake bite is a major public problem in the rural tropics. In southern Nepal, most deaths
caused by neurotoxic envenomation occur in the village or during transport to health …

Introduction India has remarkably the highest number of snakebite cases contributing to
nearly 50% of the global snakebite deaths. Despite this fact, there is limited knowledge and …

One hundred and eighty two cases of snakebite were admitted during twelve months at five
hospitals situated in five different districts of rural Maharashtra. Out of these 55 (30.2%), 38 …