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Estimating the global burden of snakebite can help to improve management
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Estimating the global burden of snakebite can help to improve management
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Jean-Philippe Chippaux discusses the implications and limitations of a new study on the global burden of snakebite.
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The global burden of snakebite: a literature analysis and modelling based on regional estimates of envenoming and deaths.PLoS Med. 2008 Nov 4;5(11):e218. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050218. PLoS Med. 2008. PMID: 18986210 Free PMC article.
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