Estimates of global burden of snakebite: A literature review and geostatistical modelling study

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by Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Ymkje Stienstra, Gerardo Martín, Takuya Iwamura, Kris A. Murray, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Peter John Diggle, David Griffith Lalloo Background Snake envenoming (SE) remains an important public health problem, disproportionately affecting impoverished rural communities in tropical and subtropical regions.

Although previous attempts have been made to quantify the global burden of SE, accurate, up-to-date data remain scarce. Here we present a comprehensive re-evaluation of the global burden of snakebite, 17 years after our initial…

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Primary source: PLOS Medicine · August 25, 2026

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