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Current challenges for confronting the public health problem of snakebite envenoming in Central America

Snakebite envenoming is a serious public health problem in Central America, where approximately 5,500 cases occur every year. Panama has the highest incidence and El Salvador the lowest. The majority, and most severe, cases are inflicted by the pit viper Bothrops asper (family Viperidae), locally kn...

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Autor principal: Gutiérrez, José María
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3973843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24602234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-7