Identifying key factors contributing to treatment costs for snakebite envenoming in private tertiary healthcare settings in Tamil Nadu, India.

• Main Authors: Anika Salim (Author), Jarred Williams (Author), Samir Abdel Wahab (Author), Tade Adeshokan (Author), José R Almeida (Author), Harry F Williams (Author), Rajendran Vaiyapuri (Author), Subramanian Senthilkumaran (Author), Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian (Author), Ketan Patel (Author), M Fazil Baksh (Author), Matthew R Lewin (Author), Sakthivel Vaiyapuri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>India suffers ~58,000 annual deaths due to snakebites. The 'Big Four' snakes (Russell's viper, Indian cobra, common krait, and saw-scaled viper) that are responsible for most bites cause diverse clinical effects. Delayed treatment increases the risk of s...