Open AccessClinico-epidemiological profile of snake bites over 6-year period from a rural secondary care centre of Northern India: A descriptive study
Author(s) -
Shubhanker Mitra,
Abhinav Agarwal,
BU Shubhankar,
Sahil Masih,
Viswajit Krothapalli,
Brian Mark Lee,
Jeevan Kuruvilla,
Reginald Alex
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
toxicology international/indian journal of toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 0976-5131
pISSN - 0971-6580
DOI - 10.4103/0971-6580.172263
Subject(s) - snake bites , epidemiology , rural area , geography , medicine , socioeconomics , animal bites , environmental health , veterinary medicine , demography , biology , ecology , envenomation , pathology , sociology , venom
Estimated deaths due to snake bites are more than 46,000 annually in India. Ninety-seven percent bites occur in rural areas. Data on snake bites from Jharkhand rural area are sparse. This study describes 6 years profile of snake bite patients from January, 2007 to December, 2012 at Nav Jivan Hospital in Palamu district, Jharkhand.