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Snakebite incidence and healthcare-seeking behaviors in Eastern Province, Rwanda: A cross-sectional study.

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<h4>Background</h4>Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a potentially life-threatening event that can lead to severe physical, mental, and economic hardships, particularly in under-resourced regions like sub-Saharan Africa. In Rwanda, there have been no epidemiological assessments of SBE to gui...

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Main Authors:	Dieudonne Hakizimana (Author), Lauren E MacDonald (Author), Happy Tahirih Kampire (Author), Mihigo Bonaventure (Author), Mahlet Tadesse (Author), Elijah Murara (Author), Leila Dusabe (Author), Leandre Ishema (Author), Janna M Schurer (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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