Novel transdisciplinary methodology for cross-sectional analysis of snakebite epidemiology at national scale.

• Main Authors: Gabriel Alcoba (Author), Carlos Ochoa (Author), Sara Babo Martins (Author), Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda (Author), Isabelle Bolon (Author), Franck Wanda (Author), Eric Comte (Author), Manish Subedi (Author), Bhupendra Shah (Author), Anup Ghimire (Author), Etienne Gignoux (Author), Francisco Luquero (Author), Armand Seraphin Nkwescheu (Author), Sanjib Kumar Sharma (Author), François Chappuis (Author), Nicolas Ray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Worldwide, it is estimated that snakes bite 4.5-5.4 million people annually, 2.7 million of which are envenomed, and 81,000-138,000 die. The World Health Organization reported these estimates and recognized the scarcity of large-scale, community-based, epidemiological...