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Traditional remedies and other characteristics among human snakebite survivors in Baringo county, Kenya, 2010–2020: a case series

BACKGROUND: Seeking traditional remedies following snakebites leads to avoidable deaths in rural settings in developing countries. METHODS: In this case series study, we identified and recruited 169 snakebite survivors in Baringo county, a hard-to-reach region in northwestern Kenya, who experienced...

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Autores principales:	Kung'u, Peris N, Chweya, Reagan N, Gachohi, John M
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Oxford University Press 2022
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10153557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35724263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac043

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