Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base

IF 3.6 Q2 TOXICOLOGY
Anita Malhotra , Wolfgang Wüster , John Benjamin Owens , Cameron Wesley Hodges , Allwin Jesudasan , Gnaneswar Ch , Ajay Kartik , Peter Christopher , Jose Louies , Hiral Naik , Vishal Santra , Sourish Rajagopalan Kuttalam , Shaleen Attre , Mahmood Sasa , Carlos Bravo-Vega , Kris A. Murray
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Abstract

Snakebite incidence at least partly depends on the biology of the snakes involved. However, studies of snake biology have been largely neglected in favour of anthropic factors, with the exception of taxonomy, which has been recognised for some decades to affect the design of antivenoms. Despite this, within-species venom variation and the unpredictability of the correlation with antivenom cross-reactivity has continued to be problematic. Meanwhile, other aspects of snake biology, including behaviour, spatial ecology and activity patterns, distribution, and population demography, which can contribute to snakebite mitigation and prevention, remain underfunded and understudied. Here, we review the literature relevant to these aspects of snakebite and illustrate how demographic, spatial, and behavioural studies can improve our understanding of why snakebites occur and provide evidence for prevention strategies. We identify the large gaps that remain to be filled and urge that, in the future, data and relevant metadata be shared openly via public data repositories so that studies can be properly replicated and data used in future meta-analyses.

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通过增加爬虫学知识基础,促进人与毒蛇共存
蛇咬伤的发生率至少部分取决于相关蛇的生物学特性。然而,对蛇的生物学研究在很大程度上被忽视了,因为人们倾向于人为因素,除了分类,几十年来人们已经认识到它会影响抗蛇毒血清的设计。尽管如此,物种内的毒液变异和抗蛇毒血清交叉反应相关性的不可预测性仍然存在问题。与此同时,可以有助于减少和预防蛇咬伤的蛇生物学的其他方面,包括行为、空间生态学和活动模式、分布和人口统计,仍然缺乏资金和研究。在这里,我们回顾了与蛇咬伤这些方面相关的文献,并说明了人口统计学、空间学和行为学研究如何提高我们对蛇咬伤发生原因的理解,并为预防策略提供证据。我们确定了仍有待填补的巨大差距,并敦促在未来,通过公共数据存储库公开共享数据和相关元数据,以便可以适当地复制研究并将数据用于未来的元分析。
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Toxicon: X
Toxicon: X Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-Toxicology
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