Noun1.snakebite- a bite inflicted by a (venomous) snake bite- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations Spanish / Español ...
despite the presence of multiple venomous snakes in the country31. Snakebite envenoming deaths are also rare enough that it is difficult for surveys to identify a sufficient number of deaths to estimate a robust mortality estimate. In Sri Lanka, a recent study by Ediriweera et al. using hous...
Background India has long been thought to have more snakebites than any other country. However, inadequate hospital-based reporting has resulted in estimates of total annual snakebite mortality ranging widely from about 1,300 to 50,000. We calculated dir
Full-time, non-medical field workers interviewed living respondents about all deaths. The underlying causes were independently coded by two of 130 trained physicians. The study found 562 deaths (0.47% of total deaths) were assigned to snakebites, mostly in rural areas, and more commonly among ...
Tamil Nadu contains just 5% of India's population, but an estimated 20% of the country's snakebite deaths happen there. Spectacled cobra in Sri Lanka. Credit: Harrison Carter Of the people who took steps to prevent snakebites, more than half (59%) exclusively used measures supported by evid...
In India, the most heavily affected country in the world, 1.4 million to 2.8 million snakebites occur every year resulting in at least 46,000 fatalities (Mohapatra et al., 2011). In West African countries, snakebite cause 3500 to 5350 deaths annually (Habib et al., 2015). In those high...
The average annual incidence is about 57,500 snake bites (6.2 per 100,000 population) and mortality is close to 370 deaths (0.04 per 100,000 population), that is, between one third and half of the previous estimates. The incidence of snakebites is influenced by the abundance of snakes, ...
Our estimates are the first for Mozambique based on data retrieved in the country, and despite being an underestimation they increase snakebite incidence levels ten-fold and the number of deaths by 30-fold. Urgent and widespread surveys are needed to further assess the full extent of snakebites ...
Despite low in-hospital mortality and efforts to facilitate transport of victims, according to a retrospective survey, snakebite caused 6.7% of community deaths in the area. This suggests that despite the systems in place, many snakebite victims did not access care (den Boer, 2021). In 2021, ...
Reducing population vulnerability via the improvement of accessibility to snakebite healthcare services will undoubtedly translate into a reduction in the number of deaths and disabilities caused by this neglected tropical disease. Contributors CO and NR designed the spatial sampling methodology and ...