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| SILVA,Ageane Mota da; COLOMBINI,Mônica; MOURA-DA-SILVA,Ana Maria; SOUZA,Rodrigo Medeiros de; MONTEIRO,Wuelton Marcelo; BERNARDE,Paulo Sérgio. |
| ABSTRACT This study addresses the clinical and epidemiological aspects of envenoming cases resulting from snakebites treated at a hospital in Cruzeiro do Sul, in the upper Juruá River region, western Brazilian Amazonia. The specific identity of snakes that caused the envenomings was inferred (a) from the diagnosis of patient symptoms and signs upon hospital admission, (b) by enzyme immunoassay for detection of Bothrops atrox and Lachesis muta venom from serum samples taken from patients before antivenom therapy, or (c) by direct identification of the snake, when it was brought along to the hospital or photographed. There were 133 snakebites (76.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) registered during one year (July 2017 to June 2018). Most snakebites (88.7%)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Venomous animals; Snakes; Envenoming; Acre; Bothrops atrox; Enzyme immunoassay. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672020000100090 |
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