| bites by the carpet viper in the niger valley. | 60 people who had been bitten by the carpet viper, echis carinatus, were seen in four months at zungeru health centre, in north west nigeria, where snake-bite patients have recently occupied 10% of beds. health statistics greatly underestimate the frequency, morbidity, and mortality of snake bite in the rural tropics and further studies will probably confirm other areas endemic for e. carinatus within its vast distribution zone. regular supplies of effective antivenom are crucial to gain a commu ... | 1979 | 90281 |
| incidence and mortality on snake bite in savanna nigeria. | snake bite is a major medical problem among farming communities in the benue and niger valley savanna region of nigeria. surveys in the more densely populated northern savanna areas such as malumfashi (incidence 48 per 100 000 population, mortality 5.1%) show that the spitting cobra, naja nigricollis, was the predominant species of medical importance. in the less cultivated benue valley area the annual snake-bite incidence was estimated to be 497 per 100 000 population, with a 12.2% mortality du ... | 1980 | 6107780 |