Recent Advances in Snakebite Envenoming Research
A special issue of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (ISSN 2414-6366).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 1408
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Snakebites are becoming a noticeable health problem after many years as a forgotten problem. Snakebites occur anywhere where snakes live; however, the effect of snakebites is felt in areas where neglected populations live and have to coexist with precarious environmental and social conditions and limited access to healthcare.
According to WHO reports, in recent years, snakebites have affected 1.8–2.7 million people annually, claiming 81,000–138,000 lives and causing 400,000 cases of permanent disability.
Through this Special Issue, we will have researchers from different health disciplines reporting their own findings and perspectives around snakebites and the impact.
Snakebites, especially venomous snakebites, constitute a clinical emergency but also a social call of attention to people’s needs in terms of their lack of housing, working conditions, and access to health services, all of which are risk factors increasing the likelihood of these encounters. This is a multidisciplinary field in which Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, and Epidemiologists can have a say in the prevention and management of the snakebites.
This Issue is an opportunity to look at the problem through multiple perspectives and will contribute to the research conducted to unveil the repercussions of snakebites in human society.
Dr. Eduardo Alberto Fernandez Cerna
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- snakebites
- venoms
- morbimortality
- disabilities
- surveillance
- healthcare access
- antivenoms
- rehabilitation
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