White paper on venomous snakebite in India

Venomous snakebite is one of the leading preventable causes of mortality and morbidity with tremendous socio-economic impact on the family and nation. Venomous snakebite has been relisted as a neglected tropical disease after having been removed off the list in 2013. This paper discusses the various...

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Autores principales: Chakma, Joy Kumar, Menon, Jaideep C., Dhaliwal, R.S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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White Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8224165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34145096
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3377_20
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Sumario:Venomous snakebite is one of the leading preventable causes of mortality and morbidity with tremendous socio-economic impact on the family and nation. Venomous snakebite has been relisted as a neglected tropical disease after having been removed off the list in 2013. This paper discusses the various reasons which could be attributed to the high mortality and morbidity due to venomous snakes and also provides recommendations on policy decisions, improvement on the quality of venom and anti-snake venom and in promoting awareness on how to avoid snakebite.

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