Incidence, clinical manifestation and general management of snake bites
Trishnananda, M.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 10(2): 248-250
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562 PMID: 524149 Document Number: 145750
There are regional patterns in snake-bites. Bites by cobras have a high incidence in Thailand and in the Philippines with a high case fatality rate. Among the venomous snakes of haemorrhagic nature, bites by Trimeresurus species such as green pit viper, Taiwan habu and Taiwan bamboo viper are important in Thailand and Taiwan for their high incidence of bite, although the case fatality rates are low. Bites by Malayan pit vipers are also important in Thailand and Malaysia because of their high incidence. Bites by sea snakes are more common in Malaysia than in the Philippines and Thailand.