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Epidemiology, ecology and human perceptions of snakebites in a savanna community of northern Ghana

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, snakebite envenomations total ~2.7 million reported cases annually with ~100,000 fatalities. Since 2009, snakebite envenomation has intermittently been classified as a very important ‘neglected tropical disease’ by the World Health Organisation. Despite this emerging awareness...

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Autores principales: Musah, Yahaya, Ameade, Evans P. K., Attuquayefio, Daniel K., Holbech, Lars H.
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/PMC6692043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31369551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007221