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Epidemiology of snakebites in Kuwait.

Al-Sayegh MT., Hani RB., Warrell DA., Amr ZS.

Fifty-two confirmed cases of snakebites in Kuwait were recorded during 2015-2019. The male:female ratio was almost 2:1 and 84.6% of the victims were between 1 and 20 y of age and 14.4% were >30 y. Snakebites peaked in October (23.1%) and July (17.3%), with the lowest number of recorded cases in March.

More information Original publication

DOI

10.1093/trstmh/trab077

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2021-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

115

Pages

998 - 999

Total pages

1

Addresses

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Keywords

Animals, Humans, Snakes, Snake Bites, Antivenins, Adolescent, Kuwait, Female, Male