[Epidemiology of snakebites in sugar cane plantations of Kwilu Ngongo in Democratic Republic of Congo].

An epidemiological study was undertaken in a sugar cane plantation of the Sugar Company of Kwilu Ngongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to evaluate the incidence of the snakebites, to report the epidemiological and clinical indicators and the therapeutic practices. The plantations extend by 41 km covering about 10,000 hectares in arboreal savannahs. The method associated i) a retrospective survey carried out from the registers of two health centres located in the heart of the plantations, then in the files of the central hospital of the sugar company and in a public health centre, and ii) an household survey using a questionnaire administered to 579 concessions and households over six years.