Terrestrial venomous animals, the envenomings they cause, and treatment perspectives in the Middle East and North Africa.

• Main Authors: Timothy P Jenkins (Author), Shirin Ahmadi (Author), Matyas A Bittenbinder (Author), Trenton K Stewart (Author), Dilber E Akgun (Author), Melissa Hale (Author), Nafiseh N Nasrabadi (Author), Darian S Wolff (Author), Freek J Vonk (Author), Jeroen Kool (Author), Andreas H Laustsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The Middle East and Northern Africa, collectively known as the MENA region, are inhabited by a plethora of venomous animals that cause up to 420,000 bites and stings each year. To understand the resultant health burden and the key variables affecting it, this review describes the epidemiology of sna...