Snakebite biomedical and epidemiological aspects in the department of Cauca, Colombia, 2009-2018

Conclusions: El Tambo and Piamonte municipalities, being male, and rural areas were the variables most affected by ophidism, mainly bothropic ophidism. The highest incidences occurred in the southern part of Cauca, in the Patía and Caquetá river basins.PMID:34214272 | PMC:PMC8388738 | DOI:10.7705/biomedica.5853

Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - July 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mar ía José Sevilla-Sánchez Santiago Ayerbe-Gonz ález Eliana Bola ños-Bolaños Source Type: research