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Climate Change Effects on Venomous Snakes: Distribution and Snakebite Epidemiology

Climate Change Effects on Venomous Snakes: Distribution and Snakebite Epidemiology

Abdellah Bouazza, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Kholoud Kahime, Aziza Lansari, Mehdi Ait Laaradia, Hasna Lahouaoui, Abdellatif Moukrim
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781668456781|ISBN10: 1668456788|EISBN13: 9781668456798
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5678-1.ch066
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Bouazza, Abdellah, et al. "Climate Change Effects on Venomous Snakes: Distribution and Snakebite Epidemiology." Research Anthology on Ecosystem Conservation and Preserving Biodiversity, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 1381-1396. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5678-1.ch066

APA

Bouazza, A., El Hidan, M. A., Aimrane, A., Kahime, K., Lansari, A., Laaradia, M. A., Lahouaoui, H., & Moukrim, A. (2022). Climate Change Effects on Venomous Snakes: Distribution and Snakebite Epidemiology. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Ecosystem Conservation and Preserving Biodiversity (pp. 1381-1396). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5678-1.ch066

Chicago

Bouazza, Abdellah, et al. "Climate Change Effects on Venomous Snakes: Distribution and Snakebite Epidemiology." In Research Anthology on Ecosystem Conservation and Preserving Biodiversity, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1381-1396. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5678-1.ch066

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the evidence of a relationship between climatic changes and snake species distribution in relation with the snakebites risk increment against human populations. The global climatic change is a key factor leading to snake species behavioral changes mainly because of the rise of temperature. The variety of venomous snakes and their related potency toward human being have been well documented. Thus, this may serve as a basic knowledge for any preventive act in the face of snake toxins and their caused physiopathological and clinical effects. In addition, several studies have shown that global warming have caused a change in snake habitat and distribution, thus leading to an increase of overlapped human and snake populations living territories which raise up the risk of envenomation. Globally, more than 20,000 deaths occur every year with a high tendency to increase. Thus, consideration of human risk of envenomation may be fundamental to the effective intervention in epidemiological and clinical scales.

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