Snake bite and therapeutic measures: Indian scenario

S  Meenatchisundaram  and A  Michael

doi:10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i10.17

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Snake bite and therapeutic measures: Indian scenario

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i10.17

Year: 2009, Volume: 2, Issue: 10, Pages: 69-73

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Snake bite and therapeutic measures: Indian scenario

S. Meenatchisundaram¹ and A. Michael²

¹Dept. of Microbiol., Nehru Arts & Science College;
²Dept. of Microbiol., PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, India

*Author for the correspondence:
A. Michael
Dept. of Microbiol., PSG College of Arts & Science,
Coimbatore, India
E-mail: [email protected]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

The Indian subcontinent, being tropical, harbors a variety of snakes. Every year ~15,000 people reportedly die due to snakebites in India. Until now, horse polyvalent antivenom is the only specific treatment for snake venom poisoning. This paper describes the occurrence of snake bite in India and their therapeutic measures in the case of snake bite envenomation.