The Need for Full Integration of Snakebite Envenoming within a Global Strategy to Combat the Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Way Forward

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gutiérrez, José María ^a   Warrell, David A ^b   Williams, David J ^c,d   Jensen, Simon ^c,d   Brown, Nicholas ^d,e   Calvete, Juan J ^f   Harrison, Robert A ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVENOMATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; RISK; SNAKEBITE; SOCIAL MEDICINE; TROPICAL DISEASE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SNAKE BITES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANTIVENINS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SNAKE BITES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84879518776     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002162     Document Type: Article

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