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Prevention of krait bites by sleeping above ground: preliminary results from an observational pilot study
INTRODUCTION: Neurotoxic envenoming following the bites of kraits (Bungarus spp.) is a common cause of death in the dry zone of Sri Lanka and elsewhere in South Asia. Most of these bites occur at night and are inflicted on people sleeping on the ground. Thus we hypothesized that the simple measure o...
Autores principales: | Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Kirushanthan, Selvanayagam, Gnanathasan, Ariaranee |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5368888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28352289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12995-017-0156-7 |
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