A multicomponent strategy to improve the availability of antivenom for treating snakebite envenoming

Snakebite envenoming is a common but neglected public health problem, particularly in impoverished rural regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. The only validated treatment for this condition is passive immunotherapy with safe and effective animal-derived antivenoms. However, there i...

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Main Authors: José María Gutiérrez, Thierry Burnouf, Robert A Harrison, Juan J Calvete, Ulrich Kuch, David A Warrell, David J Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2014-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862014000700526&lng=en&tlng=en