Browsing by Subject "Snake Bites-economics"

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Addressing the global snakebite crisis with geo-spatial analyses - Recent advances and future direction

Pintor, A.F.V.; Ray, N.; Longbottom, J.; Bravo-Vega, C.A.; Yousefi, M.; Murray, K.A.; Ediriweera, D.S.; Diggle, P.J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2021)

ABSTRACT: Venomous snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that annually leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths or long-term physical and mental ailments across the developing world. Insufficient data on spatial variation ...
Chronic health effects and cost of snakebite

Kasturiratne, A.; Lalloo, D.G.; de Silva, H.J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2021)

ABSTRACT: The burden of disability among survivors and the socio-economic impact of snakebite have not been adequately researched. We reviewed original research articles, case reports and small case series relating to ...
Estimates of disease burden due to land-snake bite in Sri Lankan hospitals

Kasturiratne, A.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Fonseka, M.M.D.; Lalloo, D.G.; Brooker, S.; de Silva, H.J. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2005)

Snake bite is a common cause of hospital admission in Sri Lanka. Despite this, there have been no countrywide studies or national estimates of disease burden due to snake bites in Sri Lankan hospitals. We assessed the ...

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