Epidemiological and clinical aspects of snAkebite in Belo Horizonte, Southeast Brazil

Epidemiological and clinical aspects of snAkebite in Belo Horizonte, Southeast Brazil

Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of 310 hospitalized snakebite patients and 310 matched controls were described, over a seven years period, from an emergency hospital in Belo Horizonte, Southeast Brazil. The diagnosis was based upon clinical picture or actual snake identification. Fifty six percen...

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Main Authors: Waleska Teixeira CAIAFFA, Carlos M. F. ANTUNES, Helen Ramos de Oliveira, Carlos Ribeiro DINIZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1997-03-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Snakebite
Risk Factors
Case-control study
Epidemiological studies
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