Understanding and tackling snakebite envenoming with transdisciplinary research

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  • Jose Maria Guttierrez
    Universidad de Costa Rica
  • Juliette Borri
    Policy Cures Research, Sydney
  • Tamara Giles-Vernick
    Institut Pasteur, Paris
  • Romain Duda
    Institut Pasteur, Paris
  • Abdulrazaq G. Habib
    Bayero University, Nigeria
  • Anita Malhotra
  • Gerardo Martin
    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Anna F.V. Pintor
    World Health Organization, Geneva
  • Julien Potet
    Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign, Geneva
  • Terence Scott
    Global Alliance for Rabies Control, USA
  • Isabelle Bolon
    University of Geneva
  • Rafael Ruiz de Castaneda
    University of Geneva
Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) of high global impact. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 4.5 to 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes annually, resulting in 1.8 to 2.7 million envenomings, 81,000 to 138,000 deaths, and at least 400,000 people suffering from physical or psychological sequelae [1,2]. SBE mostly affects impoverished rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America, and parts of Oceania, thus fueling a vicious cycle of poverty and illness. SBE not only affects humans, but also domestic animals, including livestock, with negative social and economic consequences [3,4]. This requires a better understanding of the complex social, cultural, and ecological contexts where SBE occurs [5], within the conceptual frame of One Health, an integrated approach that recognizes the health of humans, animals, and the environment as closely linked and interdependent [6]. Such complexity demands more integrative approaches for better understanding and confronting this disease.

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  • Antivenins/therapeutic use, Humans, Interdisciplinary Research, Snake Bites/epidemiology
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere0010897
Pages (from-to)e0010897
JournalPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume16
Issue number11
Early online date17 Nov 2022
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Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2022

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