Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 102, Issue 5 , Pages 445-450, May 2008

Failure of a new antivenom to treat Echis ocellatus snake bite in rural Ghana: the importance of quality surveillance

  • L.E. Visser

      Affiliations

    • Mathias Hospital, P.O. Box 43, Yeji B/A, Ghana
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Holy Family Hospital, P.O. Box 21, Berekum B/A, Ghana. Tel.: +233 20 815 7857.
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  • S. Kyei-Faried

      Affiliations

    • Regional Health Directorate, P.O. Box 99, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana
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  • D.W. Belcher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, University of Ghana School of Medicine, Accra, Ghana
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  • D.W. Geelhoed

      Affiliations

    • ICRH, Tete Province, Mozambique
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  • J. Schagen van Leeuwen

      Affiliations

    • St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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  • J. van Roosmalen

      Affiliations

    • Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 21 August 2007; received in revised form 12 November 2007; accepted 12 November 2007.

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PII: S0035-9203(07)00396-3

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.11.006

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 102, Issue 5 , Pages 445-450, May 2008

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