Background In Africa, snakebite envenomations are frequently complicated by life-threatening hemorrhagic syndromes. The authors of the present study conducted a prospective analysis at the University Hospital of Parakou (north of Benin) for seven months (January 1 to July 31, 2014) to assess the contrib...
Objetivo: Describir el comportamiento del accidente ofídico en el departamento de Sucre. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo, en el cual se analizaron 803 reportes de accidentes ofídicos notificados al sistema de vigilancia epidemiologia del departamento de Sucre, durante los a...
Objetivos: Investigar a capacidade do soro antielapídico produzido no Brasil na identificação de frações do veneno de seis espécies, incluindo as que constituem o pool de inoculação: Micrurus brasiliensis, M. corallinus, M. frontalis, M. lemniscatus, M. spixii e M. surinamensis.
Métodos: As amos...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe elements of vulnerability of victims of snakebite. METHODS This qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study had, as theoretical framework, the concept of vulnerability in individual, social, and programmatic dimensions. We interviewed 21 patients admitted into a hospi...
Distribución por Edad,
Bothrops,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Factores de Riesgo,
Mordeduras de Serpientes/epidemiología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Poblaciones Vulnerables
Background Snakebites cause considerable human and livestock injuries as well as deaths worldwide, and particularly have a high impact in sub-Saharan Africa. Generating a basic platform of information on the characteristics of snakes and snakebites in various countries is relevant for designing and imple...
We report on a case of potential envenomation caused by multiple bites by the aglyphous opisthodont snake Leioheterodon madagascariensis in the left thumb of a healthy adult man, which is among the most serious snakebites hitherto reported from Madagascar. The adult snake (total length > 1 meter) was ...
According to the World Health Organization, snakebites are considered neglected diseases. Bothrops, the genus most frequently implicated in envenomations in Brazil, includes the species B. marajoensis Hoge, 1966, part of the complex B. atrox, which is found in the savannas of Marajó Island, Pará state,...
Background:Envenomation remains a neglected public health issue in most tropical countries. A better understanding of the epidemiology of bites and stings by venomous animals should facilitate their prevention and management. This study aimed to explore the benefits that could be derived from the compuls...
Ophidian accidents constitute a serious problem of public health in the tropical countries. In
Central and South America, most of the accidents are caused by Bothrops (90.5%), followed by the Crotalus (7.7%),
Lachesis (1.4%) and Micrurus (0.4%) genus. The aim of this work was to evaluate clinical-epidemi...
Snakebite envenoming is a major public health problem among rural communities of the Nigerian savanna. The saw-scaled or carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) and, to a lesser extent, the African cobras (Naja spp.) and puff adders (Bitis arietans) have proved to be the most important cause of mortality and morb...
