André Sachett, Eleanor Strand, Thiago Serrão-Pinto, Alexandre da Silva Neto, Thais Pinto Nascimento, Sewbert Rodrigues Jati, Gisele Dos Santos Rocha, Sediel Ambrósio Andrade, Fan Hui Wen, Manuela Berto Pucca, João Vissoci, Charles J Gerardo, Jacqueline Sachett, Altair Seabra de Farias, Wuelton Monteiro
INTRODUCTION: The deaths from and morbidities associated with snakebites - amputations, loss of function in the limb, visible scarring or tissue damage - have a vast economic, social, and psychological impact on indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, especially children, and represent a real and pressing health crisis in this population. Snakebite clinical and research experts have therefore proposed expanding antivenom access from only hospitals to include the community health centers (CHC) located near and within indigenous communities...
March 8, 2024: Toxicon: Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology