| profile of snakebite envenoming in western maharashtra, india. | ninety-one cases of snakebite were admitted between january 1998 and january 2001 to the general hospital at mahad, 180 km south of mumbai in western maharashtra, india. twenty-nine (31.9%) patients, when admitted to hospital, brought the snakes responsible for the bites (20 kraits, 9 echis carinatus). forty-five (49.5%) patients had snakebite without envenoming; 27 patients had local fang marks without local and systemic manifestations; 18, reporting 24 h after the bite, had local oedema. twent ... | 2002 | 11926002 |
| profile of snakebite envenoming in rural maharashtra, india. | one hundred and eighty two cases of snakebite were admitted during twelve months at five hospitals situated in five different districts of rural maharashtra. out of these 55 (30.2%), 38 (20.8%), 48 (26.3%), 41 (22.5%) cases were bitten by echis carinatus (eh), russell's viper (rv), krait (kr) and cobra (cr) respectively. clinical confirmation of snakebite with envenoming was by identification of the dead snake brought by victims and by clinical signs and symptoms such as absent or minimum local ... | 2008 | 18472507 |