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Novel transdisciplinary methodology for cross-sectional analysis of snakebite epidemiology at national scale

2021; Public Library of Science; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1371/journal.pntd.0009023

1935-2735

Gabriel Alcoba, Carlos Ochoa, Sara Babo Martins, Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, Isabelle Bolon, Franck Wanda, Éric Comte, Manish Subedi, Bhupendra Shah, Anup Ghimire, Etienne Gignoux, Francisco J. Luquero, Armand Séraphin Nkwescheu, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, François Chappuis, Nicolas Ray,

Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Worldwide, it is estimated that snakes bite 4.5-5.4 million people annually, 2.7 million of which are envenomed, and 81,000-138,000 die. The World Health Organization reported these estimates and recognized the scarcity of large-scale, community-based, epidemiological data. In this context, we developed the "Snake-Byte" project that aims at (i) quantifying and mapping the impact of snakebite on human and animal health, and on livelihoods, (ii) developing predictive models for medical, ecological and economic indicators, and (iii) analyzing geographic accessibility to healthcare. This paper exclusively describes the methodology we developed to collect large-scale primary data on snakebite in humans and animals in two hyper-endemic countries, Cameroon and Nepal.