A multicomponent strategy to improve the availability of antivenom for treating snakebite envenoming
Snakebite envenoming is a common but neglected public health problem, particularly in impoverished rural regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. The only validated treatment for this condition is passive immunotherapy with safe and effective animal-derived antivenoms. However, there i...
Main Authors: | Gutiérrez, José María, Burnouf, Thierry, Harrison, Robert A., Calvete Chornet, Juan José, Kuch, Ulrich, Warrell, David A., Williams, David J. |
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Format: | Artículo |
Language: | Inglés |
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2017
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Online Access: | http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/7/13-132431.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10669/30099 |
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