Epidemiological study of snakebite cases in Brazilian Western Amazonia

Abstract INTRODUCTION Brazil has the largest number of snakebite cases in South America, of which the large majority is concentrated in the Midwest and North. METHODS In this descriptive observational study, we assessed the epidemiological and clinical snakebite cases referred to the Centro de M...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Katia Regina Pena Schesquini Roriz, Kayena Delaix Zaqueo, Sulamita Silva Setubal, Tony Hiroshi Katsuragawa, Renato Roriz da Silva, Carla Freire Celedônio Fernandes, Luiz Augusto Paiva Cardoso, Moreno Magalhães de Souza Rodrigues, Andreimar Martins Soares, Rodrigo Guerino Stábeli, Juliana Pavan Zuliani
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000300338&lng=en&tlng=en