Annual incidence of snake bite in rural bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Ridwanur Rahman (Author), M Abul Faiz (Author), Shahjada Selim (Author), Bayzidur Rahman (Author), Ariful Basher (Author), Alison Jones (Author), Catherine d'Este (Author), Moazzem Hossain (Author), Ziaul Islam (Author), Habib Ahmed (Author), Abul Hasnat Milton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Snake bite is a neglected public health problem in the world and one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in many areas, particularly in the rural tropics. It also poses substantial economic burdens on the snake bite victims due to treatment related expenditure and loss of prod...