Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 95, Issue 4 , Pages 420-423 , July 2001

High mortality from snakebite in south-eastern Senegal

  • J.F. Trape

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr J. F. Trape, IRD, B.P. 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1, France; phone +33 4 67 41 63 11, fax +33 4 67 54 78 00.
    • Laboratoire de Paludologie, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, formerly ORSTOM), B. P. 1386, Dakar, Senegal
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  • G. Pison

      Affiliations

    • Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 133 Bd Davout, 75020 Paris, France
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  • E. Guyavarch

      Affiliations

    • Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 133 Bd Davout, 75020 Paris, France
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  • Y. Mane

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Paludologie, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, formerly ORSTOM), B. P. 1386, Dakar, Senegal

Received 30 October 2000 ,Revised 2 January 2001 ,Accepted 3 January 2001.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 95, Issue 4 , Pages 420-423 , July 2001

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