Much remains unknown about snakebites in India. The problems associated with snakebite are particularly acute in South Asia, and India in particular, which is considered to have the highest incidence of snakebites and associated deaths in the world –. Despite this it has only recently been officially recognised as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization. Snakebites represent a significant health issue worldwide, estimated to affect several million people each year, , and has been estimated to result in 95,000–150,000 deaths annually. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This study was funded by the Felix trust, London ( The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Received: JAccepted: OctoPublished: November 21, 2013Ĭopyright: © 2013 Vaiyapuri et al. PLoS ONE 8(11):Įditor: Joshua Yukich, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, United States of America (2013) Snakebite and Its Socio-Economic Impact on the Rural Population of Tamil Nadu, India. Citation: Vaiyapuri S, Vaiyapuri R, Ashokan R, Ramasamy K, Nattamaisundar K, Jeyaraj A, et al.
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