Snakebites in Two Rural Districts in Lao PDR: Community-Based Surveys Disclose High Incidence of an Invisible Public Health Problem

• Inthanomchanh Vongphoumy,

  Affiliation Provincial Health Department of Savannakhet Province, Savannakhet, Lao PDR

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• Panom Phongmany,

  Affiliation Provincial Health Department of Savannakhet Province, Savannakhet, Lao PDR

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• Sengdao Sydala,

  Affiliation Provincial Health Department of Savannakhet Province, Savannakhet, Lao PDR

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• Nouda Prasith,

  Affiliation Provincial Health Department of Savannakhet Province, Savannakhet, Lao PDR

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• Ralf Reintjes,

  Affiliation Hamburg University of Applied Science, Hamburg, Germany

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• Joerg Blessmann

  * E-mail: J_Blessmann@yahoo.de

  Affiliations Provincial Health Department of Savannakhet Province, Savannakhet, Lao PDR, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

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