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Experiences and practices of traditional healers on snakebite treatment and prevention in rural Malawi

Snakebite envenoming remains a public health threat in many tropical countries including Malawi. Traditional healers (THs) have been consulted by victims of snakebites as primary caregivers for millennia. There are no studies in Malawi to understand this phenomenon, therefore, our study aimed to exp...

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Autores principales:	Aron, Moses Banda, Mulwafu, Manuel, Mailosi, Bright, Kreuels, Benno, Dullie, Luckson, Kachimanga, Chiyembekezo, Blessmann, Jörg, Ndarama, Enoch, Sambani, Clara, Munyaneza, Fabien, Rosenthal, Anat
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2023
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10550111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37792697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011653

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