Older Age and Time to Medical Assistance Are Associated with Severity and Mortality of Snakebites in the Brazilian Amazon: A Case-Control Study

The Amazon region reports the highest incidence of snakebite envenomings in Brazil. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of snakebites in the state of Amazonas and to investigate factors associated with disease severity and lethality. We used a nested case-control study, in order to identify factor...

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Pubblicato in:PLoS One
Autori principali: Feitosa, Esaú L., Sampaio, Vanderson S., Salinas, Jorge L., Queiroz, Amanda M., da Silva, Iran Mendonça, Gomes, André A., Sachett, Jacqueline, Siqueira, André M., Ferreira, Luiz Carlos L., dos Santos, Maria Cristina, Lacerda, Marcus, Monteiro, Wuelton
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500501/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26168155
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132237
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