Decentralization of snakebite antivenom treatment to indigenous community health centers in the Brazilian Amazon: From demand to the first treatment (the SAVING Program).

Decentralization of snakebite antivenom treatment to indigenous community health centers in the Brazilian Amazon: From demand to the first treatment (the SAVING Program).

Brazilian antivenoms have excellent efficacy in recovering venom-induced coagulopathy, in addition to having a good safety profile with only 10% of patients experiencing a mild reaction such as urticaria or pruritus. More than 3.5 hundred thousand snakebite antivenom vials are produced per year, and...

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Main Authors: Altair Seabra de Farias, Thiago Serrão-Pinto, Deugles Cardoso, Elder Augusto Guimarães Figueira, Fernando Almeida-Val, Tatyana Amorim Ramos, Flávio Santos Dourado, Francisco Edilson Ferreira de Lima-Junior, Lucia Montebello, Manoel Rodrigues Gomes Filho, Leonardo da Silva Ipuchima, Nilzoney Ferreira de Souza, Macio da Costa Arévalo, Marcus Lacerda, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Felipe Murta, Charles Gerardo, João Vissoci, Fan Hui Wen, Jacqueline Sachett, Wuelton Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013011
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