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The Hindu
The Hindu
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Special Correspondent

Indian Council of Medical Research studies morbidity of snakebites

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) task force has started a study on the incidence, mortality, morbidity and socioeconomic burden of snakebite in the country.

A first of its kind in India, the study will look prospectively at the incidences of snakebite, covering 13 States including Himachal Pradesh, in five zones of India and a population of 84 million. The other States are Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Tripura.

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