TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Epidemiology of snakebites in Kuwait JO - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene A1 - Al-Sayegh, Mohammed T. A1 - Hani, Rihan Bani A1 - Warrell, David A. A1 - Amr, Zuhair S. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Fifty-two confirmed cases of snakebites in Kuwait were recorded during 2015-2019. The male:female ratio was almost 2:1 and 84.6% of the victims were between 1 and 20 y of age and 14.4% were >30 y. Snakebites peaked in October (23.1%) and July (17.3%), with the lowest number of recorded cases in March.

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