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High snakebite underreporting rate in the Centre Region of Cameroon: an observational study

BACKGROUND: In Cameroon, since the first epidemiological week held in 2015, snakebites have been registered among Potential Epidemic Diseases (PED). In the Centre Region, the most densely populated of the country, weekly reports of snakebites are generated at health districts level for monthly data...

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Autores principales:	Tchoffo, Désiré, Kamgno, Joseph, Kekeunou, Sévilor, Yadufashije, Callixte, Nana Djeunga, Hugues C., Nkwescheu, Armand Séraphin
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6679494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31376829 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7363-3

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