Identifying the snake: First scoping review on practices of communities and healthcare providers confronted with snakebite across the world.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Snakebite envenoming is a major global health problem that kills or disables half a million people in the world's poorest countries. Biting snake identification is key to understanding snakebite eco-epidemiology and optimizing its clinical management. The role of snakebite victims and healthcare providers in biting snake identification has not been studied globally.

Objective

This scoping review aims to identify and characterize the practices in biting snake identification across the globe.

Methods

Epidemiological studies of snakebite in humans that provide information on biting snake identification were systematically searched in Web of Science and Pubmed from inception to 2nd February 2019. This search was further extended by snowball search, hand searchi

SUBMITTER: Bolon I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7058330 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature