The emerging syndrome of envenoming by the New Guinea small-eyed snake Micropechis ikaheka.
The New Guinea small-eyed or ikaheka snake, Micropechis ikaheka, which occurs throughout New Guinea and some adjacent islands, is feared by the indigenes. The first proven human fatality was in the 1950s and this species has since been implicated in many other cases of severe and fatal envenoming. R...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1996
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