Prevalence, vulnerability and epidemiological characteristics of snakebite in agricultural settings in rural Sri Lanka: A population-based study from South Asia

Prevalence, vulnerability and epidemiological characteristics of snakebite in agricultural settings in rural Sri Lanka: A population-based study from South Asia

Background: The burden of snakebite remains poorly characterised because of the paucity of populationbased data. Further, factors determining the vulnerability of individuals within rural communities to snakebite have been rarely investigated. We undertook a population-based study to determine the p...

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Main Authors: Arambepola, C. (Author), Chang, T. (Author), Gnanathasan, A. (Author), Jayawardana, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2021
Subjects:
adolescent
Adolescent
adult
Adult
age distribution
aged
Aged
agricultural land
animal
Animals
Article
case fatality rate
child
Child
Child, Preschool
classification
cluster analysis
controlled study
correlation analysis
cross-sectional study
disease predisposition
education
employment
epidemiological data
ethnicity
Family Characteristics
family size
female
Female
funding
household
human
Humans
infant
Infant
major clinical study
male
Male
mathematical analysis
mathematical model
middle aged
Middle Aged
mortality
Mortality
population research
preschool child
prevalence
Prevalence
probability
questionnaire
rural area
rural population
Rural Population
sex difference
snake
Snake Bites
snakebite
Snakes
socioeconomics
South Asia
Sri Lanka
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