Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria
Snake envenomation is increasingly recognized as a serious, worldwide public health concern and a neglected tropical disease of global importance especially in the North Eastern Nigeria. The scarcity of data regarding such snake fauna couple with its ability to inflict immense misery to the poorest...
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| author | Shah, Mohammad Manjur Imam, Tijjani Sabiu Bala, Aisha Tukur, Zainab |
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| description | Snake envenomation is increasingly recognized as a serious, worldwide public health concern and a neglected tropical disease of global importance especially in the North Eastern Nigeria. The scarcity of data regarding such snake fauna couple with its ability to inflict immense misery to the poorest of the population justifies the need to identify such snakes and some of the clinical features of snakebite victims in these endemic areas. Both primary and secondary data were collected during the study. Result revealed that 10 venomous snake species were reported in Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi state. The most abundant snake species is the Echis ocellantus (Carpet or saw scaled viper) having the highest frequency of encounter followed by the Bitis arientans (Puff Adder) and Naja nigricolis (Black Spiting Cobra). The Kaltungo General Hospital in Gombe is one of the major treatment centers in the North-Eastern Nigeria. About 2945 Human snakebite cases were reported in the Hospital in the year 2018, the highest snake envenoming were observed in October with 16.1% frequency while January has the least snakebite cases of 1.7%. The burden of snakebite envenoming in the North-Eastern Nigeria is a serious public health challenge which desperately need to be addressed. |
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| spelling | intech-821132022-06-04 Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria Mohammad Manjur Shah Tijjani Sabiu Imam Aisha Bala Zainab Tukur Health Sciences Snake envenomation is increasingly recognized as a serious, worldwide public health concern and a neglected tropical disease of global importance especially in the North Eastern Nigeria. The scarcity of data regarding such snake fauna couple with its ability to inflict immense misery to the poorest of the population justifies the need to identify such snakes and some of the clinical features of snakebite victims in these endemic areas. Both primary and secondary data were collected during the study. Result revealed that 10 venomous snake species were reported in Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi state. The most abundant snake species is the Echis ocellantus (Carpet or saw scaled viper) having the highest frequency of encounter followed by the Bitis arientans (Puff Adder) and Naja nigricolis (Black Spiting Cobra). The Kaltungo General Hospital in Gombe is one of the major treatment centers in the North-Eastern Nigeria. About 2945 Human snakebite cases were reported in the Hospital in the year 2018, the highest snake envenoming were observed in October with 16.1% frequency while January has the least snakebite cases of 1.7%. The burden of snakebite envenoming in the North-Eastern Nigeria is a serious public health challenge which desperately need to be addressed. IntechOpen 2022-06-04 Chapter, Part Of Book https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/82113 doi:10.5772/intechopen.105419 en ISBN:978-1-80355-063-3 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.intechopen.com/books/10885 ; Snake Venom and Ecology |
| spellingShingle | Health Sciences Shah, Mohammad Manjur Imam, Tijjani Sabiu Bala, Aisha Tukur, Zainab Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria |
| title | Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria |
| title_full | Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria |
| title_short | Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria |
| title_sort | survey of snakes bites among snake endemic communities in north eastern nigeria |
| topic | Health Sciences |
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