BITES AND STINGS Snakebite in tropical Australia: a prospective study in the “Top End” of the Northern Territory
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Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, and Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, NT. Bart J Currie, FRACP, DTM+H, Professor in Medicine. Reprints will not be available from the author. Correspondence: Professor B J Currie, Menzies School of Health Research, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 6/20 December 2004 181 11/12 693-697 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Bites and stings The current study was begun in September 1989 to evaluate snakebite in the tropical “Top End” of the Northern Territory. Its aim was to describe the local epidemiology and the enveno ing syndromes from the various venomous snakes present in the region. The Top End has a climate divided into the hot and M Marc Outc featu Resu evac (23%
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