| incidence of snakebites in kaltungo, gombe state and the efficacy of a new highly purified monovalent antivenom in treating snakebite patients from january 2009 to december 2010. | between 2009 and 2010 there were increasing incidences of snakebites in kaltungo, gombe state, nigeria. most of the cases presented were treated with the clinically approved drug of choice for snakebite, the echitab® antisnake venom (asv) at the kaltungo treatment centre which was manufactured by micropharm ltd, uk and produced in collaboration with the liverpool school of hygiene and tropical medicine. a total of 5,367 snakebite victims were treated for the two years under review with 82 deaths ... | 2012 | 22851309 |