[HTML][HTML] Snakebite envenoming

JM Gutiérrez, JJ Calvete, AG Habib… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that kills> 100,000 people and
maims> 400,000 people every year. Impoverished populations living in the rural tropics are …

Adverse reactions to snake antivenom, and their prevention and treatment

HA de Silva, NM Ryan… - British journal of clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Antivenom is the mainstay of treatment of snakebite envenoming. However, adverse
reactions to snake antivenom that is available are common in many parts of the world where …

[PDF][PDF] Snakebite envenoming: a strategy for prevention and control

World Health Organization - 2019 - apps.who.int
SNAKEBITE ENVENOMING Page 1 SNAKEBITE ENVENOMING A strategy for prevention and
control Page 2 SNAKEBITE ENVENOMING A strategy for prevention and control Page 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term effects of snake envenoming

S Waiddyanatha, A Silva, S Siribaddana, GK Isbister - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Long-term effects of envenoming compromise the quality of life of the survivors of snakebite.
We searched MEDLINE (from 1946) and EMBASE (from 1947) until October 2018 for clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The urgent need to develop novel strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of snakebites

HF Williams, HJ Layfield, T Vallance, K Patel… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a priority neglected tropical disease, which kills in excess of
100,000 people per year. Additionally, many millions of survivors also suffer through …

[HTML][HTML] The search for natural and synthetic inhibitors that would complement antivenoms as therapeutics for snakebite envenoming

JM Gutiérrez, LO Albulescu, RH Clare, NR Casewell… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
A global strategy, under the coordination of the World Health Organization, is being unfolded
to reduce the impact of snakebite envenoming. One of the pillars of this strategy is to ensure …

[HTML][HTML] The need for full integration of snakebite envenoming within a global strategy to combat the neglected tropical diseases: the way forward

JM Gutiérrez, DA Warrell, DJ Williams… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Snakebite envenoming constitutes a serious medical condition that primarily affects
residents of rural communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and New Guinea [1, 2]. It is an …

[HTML][HTML] Snakebite is under appreciated: appraisal of burden from West Africa

AG Habib, A Kuznik, M Hamza… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a major problem in rural areas of West Africa
(WA). Compared to other Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD), the public health burden of …

Venomics and Peptidomics of Palearctic Vipers: A Clade-Wide Analysis of Seven Taxa of the Genera Vipera, Montivipera, Macrovipera, and Daboia across …

M Damm, M Karış, D Petras… - Journal of Proteome …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Snake venom variations are a crucial factor to understand the consequences of snakebite
envenoming worldwide, and therefore it is important to know about toxin composition …

Managing snakebite

R Ralph, MA Faiz, SK Sharma, I Ribeiro, F Chappuis - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
• Bites from venomous snakes can result in bleeding, paralysis, long term disability, and
death• Immobilise the bitten limb when transporting the patient to a medical facility; the …