Abstract:The snake bites victims’ proportion is not well known among the population and statistical values are not available to consider snake bites as a significant cause of death especially in rural Africa. In Togo, the rural population uses various plants for the treatment of snake bites. The objective of this work is to conduct two types of surveys, namely the prospective survey and the retrospective survey in Bassar district (Togo) to obtain scientific data on cases of snake bites in rural areas and plants species… Show more
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