Leonardo De Sousa, Jessica Bastouri-Carrasco, Mercedes Matos, Adolfo Borges, Stefano Bónoli, Aleikar Vásquez-Suárez, Belsy Guerrero, Alexis Rodríguez-Acosta
The data of accidents caused by snakebites in Venezuela, registered at the morbidity statistics of the Direction of Epidemiology and Strategic Analysis of the Ministry of Health and Social Development were analyzed. During the years of 1996-2004, 53,792 snakebites were registered in Venezuela (5,976 cases average per year), with a higher incidence during the year 2004 (7,486 incidents). Zulia reported the highest frequency of all the states (5,975 cases); meanwhile the Midwestern region, constituted by Lara, Portuguesa, Falc6n and Yaracuy states, had a higher morbidity for snake bites...
June 2013: Investigación Clínica