The need for an integrated approach in confronting snakebite envenoming in Latin America: the relevance of endogenous scientific and technological research / Hacia un abordaje integral del envenenamiento ofídico en américa latina: la importancia de la generación de conocimiento científico-tecnológico endógeno
Vitae (Medellín)
;
23(2): 103-105, 2016.
Artículo
en Inglés
| LILACS, COLNAL
| ID: biblio-988410
ABSTRACT
Snakebite envenomings constitute a serious public health problem on a global level, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America [1, 2]. In our Latin American region, it is estimated that at least 70,000 snakebite cases occur every year, although the actual number is likely to be higher [3]. This pathology is one of the so-called 'neglected tropical diseases', i.e. a group of diseases that affect primarily poor people in poor settings and, therefore, does not receive the necessary attention from research agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and health authorities. Consequently, it has been described as a 'disease of poverty' [3, 4]. In our continent it largely affects impoverished populations living in rural areas, including indigenous groups [3]
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LILACS (Américas)
Asunto principal:
Mordeduras de Serpientes
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Vitae (Medellín)
Asunto de la revista:
Farmacia
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Química
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Colombia
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Costa Rica
Institución/País de afiliación:
Universidad de Antioquia/CO
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Universidad de Costa Rica/CR
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