Use of Molecular Diagnostic Tools for the Identification of Species Responsible for Snakebite in Nepal: A Pilot Study

• Sanjib Kumar Sharma,

  Affiliation B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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• Ulrich Kuch,

  Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Patrick Höde,

  Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Laura Bruhse,

  Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Deb P. Pandey,

  Affiliations Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Anup Ghimire,

  Affiliation B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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• François Chappuis,

  Affiliation Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Emilie Alirol

  * E-mail: emilie.alirol@hcuge.ch

  Affiliations Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Médecins Sans Frontières UK, London, United Kingdom

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