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  • Title: [The incidence of snakebite in a rural zone of southeastern Senegal].
    Author: Guyavarch E, Trape JF.
    Journal: Bull Soc Pathol Exot; 2005 Sep; 98(3):197-200. PubMed ID: 16267960.
    Abstract:
    In order to complete an exploratory study on the risk of death due to snakebite in a rural zone of South-Eastern Senegal, we have carried out a survey to estimate the incidence of snakebites in the same population. The study made on a sample of almost 600 subjects showed an annual incidence of 677 bites per 100.000 inhabitants, that is one of the most important rate ever reported in the world until now. Based on these results and data collected previously on deaths due to snakebites in this same population, we provide an estimate of snakebite case fatality rate of 2.1% in this area of Senegal.
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