Cost-effectiveness of antivenoms for snakebite envenoming in Nigeria.

• Main Authors: Abdulrazaq G Habib (Author), Mohammed Lamorde (Author), Mahmood M Dalhat (Author), Zaiyad G Habib (Author), Andreas Kuznik (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Snakebite envenoming is a major public health problem throughout the rural tropics. Antivenom is effective in reducing mortality and remains the mainstay of therapy. This study aimed to determine the cost-effectiveness of using effective antivenoms for Snakebite envenoming in Nigeria. MET...