Snakebite in northern Cameroon: 134 victims of bites by the saw-scaled or carpet viper, Echis ocellatus

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 693-696

  Einterz, Ellen M ^a   Bates, Myra E ^a  

^a Hôpital de District de Kolofata   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Cameroon; Carpet viper; Echis ocellatus; Nigeria; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; PARACETAMOL; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHIS OCELLATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SIDE EFFECT; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; TIME FACTORS; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

ECHIS OCELLATUS; ECHIS PYRAMIDUM; SERPENTES;

EID: 22944469389     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80105-0     Document Type: Article

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