Preclinical antivenom-efficacy testing reveals potentially disturbing deficiencies of snakebite trea...
Preclinical antivenom-efficacy testing reveals potentially disturbing deficiencies of snakebite treatment capability in East Africa
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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Antivenom is the treatment of choice for snakebite, which annually kills an estimated 32,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa and leaves approximately 100,000 survivors with permanent physical disabilities that exert a considerable socioeconomic burden. Over the past two decades, the high costs of the most polyspecifically-effective antivenoms have seq...
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Preclinical antivenom-efficacy testing reveals potentially disturbing deficiencies of snakebite treatment capability in East Africa
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1965114181
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1965114181
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1935-2735,1935-2727
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1935-2735
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0005969