Case 1-2024: A 25-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with Bleeding after a Snakebite.

N Engl J Med

From Homegrown Solutions for Health (K.N.F., L.E., Y.B.), Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I (L.E., Y.B.), and the Ministry of Public Health (L.E.), Yaoundé, and Poli District Hospital, Poli (H.M.) - all in Cameroon; Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (K.N.F.); and Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic (Y.B.).

Published: January 2024

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