A Call for Incorporating Social Research in the Global Struggle against Snakebite

 

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون: Gutiérrez, José María, Burnouf, Thierry, Harrison, Robert A., Calvete Chornet, Juan José, Brown, Nicholas I., Jensen, Simon D., Warrell, David A., Williams, David J.
التنسيق: artículo original
تاريخ النشر:2015
الوصف:In Africa, Asia, Latin America, and parts of Oceania, envenoming after snakebite is a serious public health problem. Conservative data suggest that between 1.2 and 5.5 million people suffer snakebites every year, resulting in 25,000 to 125,000 deaths and leaving approximately 400,000 victims with permanent sequelae. Despite its significant impact on human health, this disease remains largely neglected by national and international health authorities, funding agencies, pharmaceutical companies, patients’ organizations, and health advocacy groups
البلد:Kérwá
المؤسسة:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/30333
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003960
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/30333
كلمة مفتاحية:Venoms
Snakebite
Antivenom production
Social participation