Journal article
Unscrupulous marketing of snake bite antivenoms in Africa and Papua New Guinea: choosing the right product--'what's in a name?'.
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Snake bite envenoming, mainly caused by the saw-scaled or carpet viper (Echis ocellatus), is a neglected disease of West Africa. Specific antivenoms can save life and limb but, for various reasons, supply of these essential drugs to Africa has dwindled to less than 2% of estimated requirements. Other problems include maldistribution, inadequate conservation and inappropriate clinical use of antivenoms. In the face of this crisis, several promising new antivenoms have been developed. However, ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Volume:
- 102
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 397-399
- Publication date:
- 2008-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1878-3503
- ISSN:
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0035-9203
- Source identifiers:
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61041
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- English
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- pubs:61041
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2008
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