Traveling in the Tropics? Tread Carefully.

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• 5 million people are bitten by venomous snakes every year.
• Yearly, snakebites kill more people than cholera, Dengue fever and Yellow fever combined.
• 400,000 people suffer amputations, disfigurement or permanent disability due to snakebites annually.
• Despite these figures, snakebite deaths are a largely ignored global public health crisis.