| an epidemiological study of snake bite envenomation in papua new guinea. | we report a study of 347 patients with snake bite envenomation in papua new guinea. the male: female ratio of the victims was 1.6:1 and their mean age was 24.5 years; 26% were children less than 15 years old. in all cases in which the bite site was known (334) the snake had bitten the extremities of the victim, with 71.3% of these bites being on the ankle or below. the patients came from three regions: urban papua, rural papua and (mostly rural) new guinea. snake bites occurred more frequently d ... | 1991 | 1994203 |