Epidemiological consideration of snakebites in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar and development of new immunochromatographic rapid tests for detecting envenomation by Russell s vipers (Daboia spp.), cobras (Naja spp.) and kraits (Bungarus spp.)

• Main Author: Oo, Yadanar
• Other Authors: Zhang, Kai Prof. Dr., Gessler, Frank PD Dr., Kuch, Ulrich Dr.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: 634; Snakes; vipers; cobra; kriat; immunochromatographic rapid tests; lateral flow assay; KAP; knowledge; attitude and practice; Forstwirtschaft (PPN621305413); New Zealand; Kap; The Spike; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica New Zealand
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0005-1339-6; https://doi.org/10.53846/goediss-7877; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-21.11130/00-1735-0000-0005-1339-6-3

Myanmar is a Southeast Asian country with a notoriously high number of cases of snake envenoming. Main concerns for notorious snakebite cases in Myanmar include presence of more than one venomous snake species. Moreover, these species produced similar clinical signs though they are significantly dif...