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Mapping the Risk of Snakebite in Sri Lanka - A National Survey with Geospatial Analysis

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 study has investigated the incidence of snakebite across a whole country. We undertook a community-based national survey and...

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Autores principales:	Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, Gunawardena, Nipul Kithsiri, Wijayawickrama, Buddhika Asiri, Jayamanne, Shaluka Francis, Isbister, Geoffrey Kennedy, Dawson, Andrew, Giorgi, Emanuele, Diggle, Peter John, Lalloo, David Griffith, de Silva, Hithanadura Janaka
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938527/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27391023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004813

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