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New insights into snakebite epidemiology in Costa Rica: A retrospective evaluation of medical records.
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- Snakebite-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Pooled it
- Snakebite envenoming: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global morbidity and mortality.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Strengthening public health programmes and the antivenom ecosystem: strategic policy priorities to combat envenomation by animal bites and stings in Latin America and the Caribbean.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Snakebites in the Central American Region: More Government Attention Required.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Review
- Limb circumference measurements contributing to the diagnosis of snake venom-induced compartment syndrome.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Capacity of community health centers to treat snakebite envenoming in indigenous territories of the Brazilian Amazon.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2024Article
- Development and validation of a minimum requirements checklist for snakebite envenoming treatment in the Brazilian Amazonia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Repurposed drugs and their combinations prevent morbidity-inducing dermonecrosis caused by diverse cytotoxic snake venoms.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Hematology and biochemistry parameters of the Central American bushmaster (Open veterinary journal · 2023Article
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- Bibliometric Analysis of Literature in Snake Venom-Related Research Worldwide (1933-2022).Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Seasonal variation, treatment outcome, and its associated factors among the snakebite patients in Somali region, Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Bleeding and Thrombosis: Insights into Pathophysiology ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Snakebite envenoming in different national contexts: Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria.Toxicon: X · 2021Article
- Clinical characteristics and use of antibiotics in a group of patients with snake bites in Colombia.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
Continuous monitoring of the snakebite envenoming allows elucidating factors that affect its incidence at spatial and temporal scales, and is a great tool to evaluate the proper management of snakebite in health centers. To determine if there have been changes over time in snakebite epidemiology in Costa Rica, we conducted a retrospective study using medical records from six hospitals for the years 2012-2013. A total of 475 snakebite patients were treated at the selected hospital during this period. Most bites occurred during the rainy season and primarily affected young men, mainly farm workers and schoolchildren. About 55% of bites occur in peri-domiciliary environments, although its prevalence varies geographically.
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