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Reviewing evidence of the clinical effectiveness of commercially available antivenoms in sub-Saharan Africa identifies the need for a multi-centre, multi-antivenom clinical trial

BACKGROUND: Snakebite envenoming kills more than more than 20,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa every year. Poorly regulated markets have been inundated with low-price, low-quality antivenoms. This review aimed to systematically collect and analyse the clinical data on all antivenom products now avai...

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Autores principales: Potet, Julien, Smith, James, McIver, Lachlan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6615628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31233536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007551