Challenges and prospects of snake antivenom supply in sub-Saharan Africa

Abdulrazaq G. Habib; Baba M. Musa; Garba Iliyasu; Muhammad Hamza; Andreas Kuznik; Jean-Philippe Chippaux

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008374

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Challenges and prospects of snake antivenom supply in sub-Saharan Africa

Abdulrazaq G. Habib ,

* E-mail: abdulrazaq_habib@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Health Economics & Outcomes Research (H-CORE) Group, Department of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Venom and Antivenom Research Project (VASP), Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, African Snakebite Research Group (ASRG) Project, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Africa Center of Excellence in Population Health and Policy, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4219-8724

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Baba M. Musa,

Affiliations Health Economics & Outcomes Research (H-CORE) Group, Department of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Africa Center of Excellence in Population Health and Policy, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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Garba Iliyasu,

Affiliations Health Economics & Outcomes Research (H-CORE) Group, Department of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Venom and Antivenom Research Project (VASP), Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, African Snakebite Research Group (ASRG) Project, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Africa Center of Excellence in Population Health and Policy, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8449-4674

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Muhammad Hamza,

Affiliations Venom and Antivenom Research Project (VASP), Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, African Snakebite Research Group (ASRG) Project, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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Andreas Kuznik,

Affiliation Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York, United States of America
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Jean-Philippe Chippaux

Affiliations Université de Paris, MERIT, IRD, France, Institut Pasteur, CRT, Paris, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1976-8568

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Challenges and prospects of snake antivenom supply in sub-Saharan Africa

Abdulrazaq G. Habib,
Baba M. Musa,
Garba Iliyasu,
Muhammad Hamza,
Andreas Kuznik,
Jean-Philippe Chippaux

Published: August 20, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008374

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