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Snakebite envenomation turns again into a neglected tropical disease!

On June 9(th), 2017 WHO categorized snakebite envenomation into the Category A of the Neglected Tropical Diseases. This new situation will allow access to new funding, paving the way for wider and deeper researches. It should also expand the accessibility of antivenoms. Let us hope that it also lead...

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Autor principal: Chippaux, Jean-Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-017-0127-6
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description On June 9(th), 2017 WHO categorized snakebite envenomation into the Category A of the Neglected Tropical Diseases. This new situation will allow access to new funding, paving the way for wider and deeper researches. It should also expand the accessibility of antivenoms. Let us hope that it also leads to cooperation among stakeholders, aiming at improving the management of snakebites in developing countries.
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spelling pubmed-55493822017-08-11 Snakebite envenomation turns again into a neglected tropical disease! Chippaux, Jean-Philippe J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis Letter to the Editor On June 9(th), 2017 WHO categorized snakebite envenomation into the Category A of the Neglected Tropical Diseases. This new situation will allow access to new funding, paving the way for wider and deeper researches. It should also expand the accessibility of antivenoms. Let us hope that it also leads to cooperation among stakeholders, aiming at improving the management of snakebites in developing countries. BioMed Central 2017-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5549382/ /pubmed/28804495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-017-0127-6 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_full Snakebite envenomation turns again into a neglected tropical disease!
title_fullStr Snakebite envenomation turns again into a neglected tropical disease!
title_full_unstemmed Snakebite envenomation turns again into a neglected tropical disease!
title_short Snakebite envenomation turns again into a neglected tropical disease!
title_sort snakebite envenomation turns again into a neglected tropical disease!
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-017-0127-6
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