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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8205
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
Snake bite is a major medical problem among farming communities in the Benue and Niger Valley savanna region of Nigeria. Surveys in the more densely populated northern savanna areas such as Malumfashi (incidence 48 per 100 000 population, mortality 5.1%) show that the spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis, was the predominant species of medical importance. In the less cultivated Benue Valley area the annual snake-bite incidence was estimated to be 497 per 100 000 population, with a 12.2% mortality due mainly to the carpet viper, Echis carinatus. From these findings we estimate a yearly total of almost 10 000 deaths from snake bite in savanna Nigeria and about 23 000 deaths in West Africa. To rectify this serious health problem, concerted efforts are urgently needed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1181-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence and mortality on snake bite in savanna Nigeria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article