Snakebite envenoming: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global morbidity and mortality

A Afroz, BN Siddiquea, HA Chowdhury… - PLoS neglected …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Snakebite envenoming represents a significant and often neglected public
health challenge, particularly in rural communities across tropical and subtropical regions …

Clinical aspects of snakebite envenoming and its treatment in low-resource settings

DA Warrell, DJ Williams - The Lancet, 2023‏ - thelancet.com
There is increasing recognition of the public health importance of snakebite envenoming.
Worldwide annual incidence is likely to be 5 million bites, with mortality exceeding 150 000 …

Snakebite mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey

B Mohapatra, DA Warrell, W Suraweera… - PLoS neglected …, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Background India has long been thought to have more snakebites than any other country.
However, inadequate hospital-based reporting has resulted in estimates of total annual …

Neurotoxicity in snakebite—the limits of our knowledge

UK Ranawaka, DG Lalloo… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Snakebite is classified by the WHO as a neglected tropical disease. Envenoming is a
significant public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions. Neurotoxicity is a key …

Ending the drought: new strategies for improving the flow of affordable, effective antivenoms in Asia and Africa

DJ Williams, JM Gutiérrez, JJ Calvete, W Wüster… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The development of snake antivenoms more than a century ago should have heralded
effective treatment of the scourge of snakebite envenoming in impoverished, mostly rural …

Knowledge and perception about climate change and human health: findings from a baseline survey among vulnerable communities in Bangladesh

MI Kabir, MB Rahman, W Smith, MAF Lusha, S Azim… - BMC public health, 2016‏ - Springer
Background Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change (CC). A
basic understanding of public perception on vulnerability, attitude and the risk in relation to …

Snakebite and its socio-economic impact on the rural population of Tamil Nadu, India

S Vaiyapuri, R Vaiyapuri, R Ashokan, K Ramasamy… - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Snakebite represents a significant health issue worldwide, affecting several
million people each year with as many as 95,000 deaths. India is considered to be the …

Map** the risk of snakebite in Sri Lanka-a national survey with geospatial analysis

DS Ediriweera, A Kasturiratne… - PLoS neglected …, 2016‏ - journals.plos.org
Background There is a paucity of robust epidemiological data on snakebite, and data
available from hospitals and localized or time-limited surveys have major limitations. No …

The need for full integration of snakebite envenoming within a global strategy to combat the neglected tropical diseases: the way forward

JM Gutiérrez, DA Warrell, DJ Williams… - PLoS neglected …, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Snakebite envenoming constitutes a serious medical condition that primarily affects
residents of rural communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and New Guinea [1, 2]. It is an …

Public perceptions of snakes and snakebite management: implications for conservation and human health in southern Nepal

DP Pandey, G Subedi Pandey, K Devkota… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2016‏ - Springer
Background Venomous snakebite and its effects are a source of fear for people living in
southern Nepal. As a result, people have developed a negative attitude towards snakes …