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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Autori principali: Gutiérrez, J, Burnouf, T, Harrison, R, Calvete, J, Kuch, U, Warrell, D, Williams, D
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: World Health Organization 2014