ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2024
Snakebites in Cameroon by Species Whose Effects Are Poorly Described.
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- Reply to Wüster et al. On the Importance of Correct Snake Identification. Comment on "Chippaux et al. Snakebites in Cameroon by Species Whose Effects Are Poorly Described.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- On the Importance of Correct Snake Identification. Comment on Chippaux et al. Snakebites in Cameroon by Species Whose Effects Are Poorly Described.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Epidemiologic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of formally identified Echis romani bites in northern Cameroon.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- "Survey on the burden, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of snakebite envenoming in the Health Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) of Taabo (Southern Côte d'Ivoire)".PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Sinus bradycardia and acute renal injury secondary to Viperidae snakebite: first case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Snakes responsible for bites are rarely identified, resulting in a loss of information about snakebites from venomous species whose venom effects are poorly understood. A prospective clinical study including patients bitten by a snake was conducted in Cameroon between 2019 and 2021 to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a marketed polyvalent antivenom. Clinical presentation during the first 3 days of hospitalization was recorded following a standardized protocol. This ancillary study aimed to assess the frequency of bites by the different species encountered in Cameroon and to describe the symptoms of bites by formally identified species. Of the 447 patients included in the study, 159 (35.6%) brought the snake that caused the bite that was identified by a specialist. Out of these, 8 specimens could not be identified due to poor condition, 19 were non-venomous species, and 95 belonged to
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