Livestock herding and Fulani ethnicity are a combined risk factor for development of early adverse reactions to antivenom treatment: Findings from a cross-sectional study in Nigeria.

• Main Authors: Stefanie K Menzies (Author), Aniekan O Thomas (Author), Frank-Leonel Tianyi (Author), Saidu B Abubakar (Author), Abdulsalami Nasidi (Author), Nandul Durfa (Author), Rohit Patel (Author), Anna Trelfa (Author), David G Lalloo (Author), Abdulrazaq G Habib (Author), Robert A Harrison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Adverse reactions to antivenom considerably complicate the clinical management of snakebite envenomed patients because it necessitates a temporary suspension of life-saving antivenom, increases costs and can compromise patient outcomes. This study sought to explore the...