What the snake leaves in its wake: Functional limitations and disabilities among snakebite victims in Ghanaian communities

• Leslie Mawuli Aglanu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: l.m.aglanu@umcg.nl

  Affiliations University of Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-7034

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• John Humphrey Amuasi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Bob A. Schut,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Jonathan Steinhorst,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Alexis Beyuo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development Studies, Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Upper West Region, Wa, Ghana

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• Chrisantus Danaah Dari,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Upper West Region, Wa, Ghana

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• Melvin Katey Agbogbatey,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Emmanuel Steve Blankson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Upper West Regional Hospital, Wa, Ghana

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• Damien Punguyire,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Upper West Region, Wa, Ghana

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• David G. Lalloo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Jörg Blessmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Implementation Research, Hamburg, Germany

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• Kabiru Mohammed Abass,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana

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• Robert A. Harrison,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Ymkje Stienstra

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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