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 …

Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy is the most important systemic effect of snake
envenoming. Coagulation tests are helpful to accurately and promptly diagnose venom …

Snakebites continue to be a major medical concern in India. However, there is very little
hard evidence of a numerical nature to enable us to understand which species are …

Summary In Kerala, south-western India, five patients developed systemic envenoming after
bites by hump-nosed pit vipers (Hypnale hypnale), proved by identification of the snakes …

In a prospective study of snake bites involving 10 hospitals in Sri Lanka, 302 (35%) of 860
patients with bites by identified snakes proved to have been bitten by hump-nosed pit vipers …

Envenoming by the hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) raises concern as it inflicts
significant debilitation and death in the Western Ghats of India and in the adjacent island …

Snake bite is a common cause of hospital admission in Sri Lanka. Despite this, there have
been no countrywide studies or national estimates of disease burden due to snake bites in …

Introduction Envenoming by Echis spp.(carpet or saw-scaled vipers) causes haemorrhage
and coagulopathy and represents a significant proportion of snakebites in the savannah …

Snake envenomation globally is attributed to an ever-increasing human population
encroaching into snake territories. Responsible for many bites in Asia is the widespread …

Hump-nosed viper (Hypnale species) bites are common in Sri Lanka and a proportion of
these bites lead to coagulation abnormalities and acute kidney injury (AKI). We observed …