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Snakebite epidemiology and health-seeking behavior in Akonolinga health district, Cameroon: Cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Snakebite envenoming causes 81,000–138,000 annual human deaths and pain, terror, or disability in 4.5–5.4 million victims. Accurate community-based epidemiological data is scarce. Our objective was to assess snakebite incidence, mortality, and health-seeking behavior, in an affected heal...

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Autores principales:	Alcoba, Gabriel, Chabloz, Manon, Eyong, Justin, Wanda, Franck, Ochoa, Carlos, Comte, Eric, Nkwescheu, Armand, Chappuis, François
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7343182/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32584806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008334

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