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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2014-07-01
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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 |