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Snakebite envenoming

Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 3, Article number: 17064 (2017) Cite this article

Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that affects 1.8–2.7 million people worldwide, especially in impoverished areas of the warmer tropics and subtropics. Clinical manifestations vary from local tissue damage to life-threatening systemic effects and chronic disability, such as amputation.

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Snakebite envenoming. Nat Rev Dis Primers 3, 17064 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2017.64

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