TY - JOUR

T1 - Understanding and tackling snakebite envenoming with transdisciplinary research

AU - Guttierrez, Jose Maria

AU - Borri, Juliette

AU - Giles-Vernick, Tamara

AU - Duda, Romain

AU - Habib, Abdulrazaq G.

AU - Malhotra, Anita

AU - Martin, Gerardo

AU - Pintor, Anna F.V.

AU - Potet, Julien

AU - Scott, Terence

AU - Bolon, Isabelle

AU - de Castaneda, Rafael Ruiz

PY - 2022/11/17

Y1 - 2022/11/17

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Antivenins/therapeutic use

KW - Humans

KW - Interdisciplinary Research

KW - Snake Bites/epidemiology

U2 - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010897

DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010897

M3 - Article

C2 - 36395090

VL - 16

SP - e0010897

JO - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

JF - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

SN - 1935-2735

IS - 11

M1 - e0010897

ER -