Epidemiology, ecology and human perceptions of snakebites in a savanna community of northern Ghana.

• Main Authors: Yahaya Musah (Author), Evans P K Ameade (Author), Daniel K Attuquayefio (Author), Lars H Holbech (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Worldwide, snakebite envenomations total ~2.7 million reported cases annually with ~100,000 fatalities. Since 2009, snakebite envenomation has intermittently been classified as a very important 'neglected tropical disease' by the World Health Organisation. De...