Publications by authors named "Eyal Goldstein"
Background: Human activities are driving climate, land cover, and population change (global change), and shifting the baseline geographical distribution of snakebite. The interacting effects of global change on snakes and communities at risk of snakebite are poorly understood, limiting capacity to anticipate and manage future changes in snakebite risk.
Methods: In this modelling study, we projected how global change will affect snakebite envenoming incidence in Sri Lanka, as a model system that has a high incidence of snakebite.
Snakebite affects more than 1.8 million people annually. Factors explaining snakebite variability include farmers' behaviors, snake ecology and climate.
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- Snakebites are more common in poorer countries with tropical climates, and climate change will likely affect where snakes live and how often they bite people.* -
- As human populations grow, their changes to land and environment can affect snake habitats and how often people encounter snakes.* -
- To manage snakebite risks, it's important to protect our ecosystems while also educating people about snake safety and health measures related to snakebites.*
Snakebite causes more than 1.8 million envenoming cases annually and is a major cause of death in the tropics especially for poor farmers. While both social and ecological factors influence the chance encounter between snakes and people, the spatio-temporal processes underlying snakebites remain poorly explored.
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