Snake bite in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh: A study of bitten patients who developed no signs of systemic envenoming

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 320-327

  Harris, John B ^a   Faiz, Md Abul ^b   Rahman, M Ridwanur ^c   Jalil, Md M A ^d   Ahsan, Md Farid ^e   Theakston, R David G ^f   Warrell, David A ^g   Kuch, Ulrich ^h  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia; Bangladesh; Non envenoming; Snake bite

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SNAKEBITE; SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVENINS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SNAKE BITES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952955836     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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