Snake bite is an acute life threating medical emergency and is included amonst neglected tropical diseases.1 Every year in India 200,000 people bitten by snakes and >25% are fatal.2
In Maharashtra, Konkan area, the green pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus) is uncommon, though this snake has become more common. [
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MahapatraBWarrellDASuraweeraW, et al.Snakebite mortality in India: a national representative mortality survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis2011; 5: e1018.
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Senji LaxmeRRKhochareSde SouzaHF, et al.Beyond the ‘big four’: venom profiling of the medically important yet neglected Indian snakes reveals disturbing antivenom deficiencies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis2019; 13: e0007899.
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BawaskarHSBawaskarPHBawaskarPH. Snake bite in India: a neglected disease of poverty. Lancet2017; 390: 1947–1948.
