| bites by the night adder (causus maculatus) and burrowing vipers (genus atractaspis) in nigeria. | nineteen patients proven to have been bitten by the small african adders causus maculatus, atractapis dahomeyensis and a. microlepidota were studied in the nigerian savanna region. one of the patients bitten by c. maculatus was drowsy, hypotensive and flaccid on admission but recovered without treatment. mild or moderate local swelling, local lymphadenitis and mild fever were the only other features in this group. none of the patients bitten by atractaspis had signs of systemic envenoming apart ... | 1976 | 945703 |
| [biogeographical distribution of snakes in cameroon: the case of venomous snakes]. | a preliminary analysis of the distribution of snakes captured in cameroon between 1999 and 2004 is presented in this study. this work helps to provide a better understanding of the distribution of the venomous snakes. the main focus of this study was to identify regions of high diversity of venomous species, a useful step towards developing a national strategy of snakebite care and antivenom distribution. we recorded 4,910 specimens of 150 species from 361 localities throughout cameroon. among t ... | 2005 | 16402580 |
| modeling the effects of anthropogenic habitat change on savanna snake invasions into african rainforest. | we used a species-distribution modeling approach, ground-based climate data sets, and newly available remote-sensing data on vegetation from the modis and quick scatterometer sensors to investigate the combined effects of human-caused habitat alterations and climate on potential invasions of rainforest by 3 savanna snake species in cameroon, central africa: the night adder (causus maculatus), olympic lined snake (dromophis lineatus), and african house snake (lamprophis fuliginosus). models with ... | 2009 | 18778269 |
| [mortality from snake bites, wild and domestic animal bites and arthropod stings in the savannah zone of eastern senegal]. | from 1976 to 1999, we conducted a prospective study of overall and cause-specific mortality among the population of 42 villages of south-eastern senegal. of 4,228 deaths registered during this period, 26 were brought on by snakebites, 4 by invertebrate stings and 8 by other wild or domestic animals. the average annual mortality rate from snakebite was 14 deaths per 100,000 population. among persons aged 1 year or more, 0.9% (26/2,880) of deaths were caused by snakebite and this cause represented ... | 2002 | 12404858 |
| high mortality from snakebite in south-eastern senegal. | over 24 years, from 1976 to 1999, we conducted a prospective study of overall and cause-specific mortality among the population of 42 villages of south-eastern senegal. of 4228 deaths registered during this period, 26 were caused by snakebite, 4 by invertebrate stings and 8 by other wild or domestic animals. the average annual mortality rate from snakebite was 14 deaths per 100,000 population. among persons aged > or = 1 year, 0.9% (26/2880) of deaths were caused by snakebite and this cause repr ... | 2004 | 11579888 |
| antigenic relationship between the venom of the night adder causus maculatus and venoms of other viperids. | monovalent antivenoms were raised in mice against the venoms of causus maculatus, vipera ammodytes, echis carinatus, cerastes cerastes, bitis arietans, agkistrodon rhodostoma and bothrops atrox. these antivenoms as well as four commercially available antivenoms were tested against the venoms of 15 viperid species by means of immunoelectrophoresis and/or elisa. cross-reactive protein bands were determined by immunoblot. elisa cross-reactions of c. maculatus antivenom were low with all heterologou ... | 1990 | 1706897 |
| a clinical study of viper bite poisoning. | thirty-one consecutive cases of snake bite were studied in the benue valley, nigeria where carpet viper (echis carinatus) bite constitutes a serious health problem. e. carinatus was responsible for 26 cases, the night adder (causus maculatus) for three and the puff adder (bitis arietans) for two. there were two fatalities, both late admissions following e. carinatus poisoning. one patient died after a subarachnoid haemorrhage and the other after tissue necrosis and the complications of a tightly ... | 1987 | 3689023 |
| ophiotaenia ophiodex and ophidascaris sp. in a spotted night adder (causus maculatus) from cameroon, west africa. | | 1992 | 1474664 |
| epidemiological aspects of snake bites on a liberian rubber plantation. | during a one-year period 95 patients with a history of snake bite were admitted to the hospital of a liberian rubber plantation. the population at risk included the field workers (tappers and slashers) with an incidence of 4.2 symptomatic snake bites per thousand per year. the incidence of symptomatic bites was 1.7 per thousand in the group of non-field employees and 0.4 per thousand per year in the group of non-employees. the temporary disability was between 3 and 5 days, and the loss of workin ... | 1980 | 6110326 |
| [preliminary results of an herpetology investigation in sugar cane plantation in democratic republic of congo]. | out of the 3,000 species of snakes described in the world, 163 are currently known from d.r. of congo. we performed a systematic survey in sugar-cane plantations of the sugar company of kwilu-ngongo (bas-congo), located at 160 km south-west from kinshasa and exploiting nearly 10,000 ha. the plantation is divided into 3 sectors in the middle of which we deposited barrels filled of formaldehyde. all the employees of the sugar company of kwilu-ngongo were requested to collect encountered snakes and ... | 2005 | 16402584 |