Fifty-two confirmed cases of snakebites in Kuwait were recorded during 2015-2019. The male:female ratio was almost 2:1 and 84.6% of the victims were between 1 and 20 y of age and 14.4% were >30 y. Snakebites peaked in October (23.1%) and July (17.3%), with the lowest number of recorded cases in March.
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PLoS One
September 2024
Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Sci Rep
February 2024
School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6UB, UK.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
September 2021
Department of Biology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Fifty-two confirmed cases of snakebites in Kuwait were recorded during 2015-2019. The male:female ratio was almost 2:1 and 84.6% of the victims were between 1 and 20 y of age and 14.
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April 2021
5Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt.
Envenomation and death resulting from snakebites represent a significant public health problem worldwide, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. The WHO has defined snakebite as a neglected tropical health concern. Bites from Macrovipera lebetina obtusa usually cause life-threatening systemic hemodynamic disturbances, reduced functionality of the kidneys, and other serious symptoms, including hypotension shock, edema, and tissue necrosis, at the bite site.
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