Snake bite
@article{Warrell2010SnakeB, title={Snake bite}, author={D. Warrell}, journal={The Lancet}, year={2010}, volume={375}, pages={77-88} }
Snake bite is a common and frequently devastating environmental and occupational disease, especially in rural areas of tropical developing countries. Its public health importance has been largely ignored by medical science. Snake venoms are rich in protein and peptide toxins that have specificity for a wide range of tissue receptors, making them clinically challenging and scientifically fascinating, especially for drug design. Although the full burden of human suffering attributable to snake… Expand
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