A multicomponent strategy to improve the availability of antivenom for treating snakebite envenoming

• Main Authors: José María Gutiérrez (Author), Thierry Burnouf (Author), Robert A Harrison (Author), Juan J Calvete (Author), Ulrich Kuch (Author), David A Warrell (Author), David J Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Snakebite envenoming is a common but neglected public health problem, particularly in impoverished rural regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. The only validated treatment for this condition is passive immunotherapy with safe and effective animal-derived antivenoms. However, there i...