@article{ref1,
title="Extractivism of palm tree fruits: a risky activity because of snakebites in the state of Acre, Western Brazilian Amazon",
journal="Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical",
year="2019",
author="Silva, Ageane Mota da and Sachett, Jacqueline de Almeida Gonçalves and Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo and Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio",
volume="52",
number="",
pages="e20180195-e20180195",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: We present here the risk from snakebites because of palm extractivism in western Amazonia. <br><br>METHODS: The data were extracted from a cross-sectional sample study, from January 2016 to April 2018, at the Juruá Regional Hospital of Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre). <br><br>RESULTS: There were 14 Bothrops incidents involving males, most of them occurring during the harvesting of &quot;açaí&quot; (Euterpe precatoria). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: During the harvesting of &quot;açaí,&quot; there is the risk of the presence of B. atrox on the ground near the palm tree, and of B. bilineatus at the top of the palm tree.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0037-8682",
doi="10.1590/0037-8682-0195-2018",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0195-2018"
}