Snakebite (poisoning by venomous snakes) is common in rural areas around the world, affecting 250 million people annually, of which 40 have sequelae and 8 die. It is estimated that it is.A research group led by Assistant Professor Chavez Sanabria Luis Fernando of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University investigated the relationship between serpentine bite and poverty and climate change, and the results were obtained on September 5, 2015 (Eastern Standard Time). It was published in the electronic journal Science Advances.
The research group conducted a survey of snakebites reported in Costa Rica from 2005 to 2013.The climate of Costa Rica is influenced by El Nino-Southern Vibration (ENSO), and it was found that fluctuations in the number of snakebite cases are related to ENSO.In addition, if the temperature continues to be high, it tends to occur after that, and it tends to decrease significantly after a year with heavy rainfall, but nevertheless, it occurs intensively in the area with the highest rainfall, and it is also a poor area. It became clear that it would occur more often.These results suggest that snakebite, like many tropical diseases, is as prone to occur in the poor and is affected by climate change, and Assistant Professor Chavez and colleagues call for further research. ..