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REVISTA DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL
Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages 342-344Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA MEDICINA TROPICAL
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000300020
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Bothriopsis taeniata; Bothrops accident; Amazon region
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The first reported case of an accident with Bothriopsis taeniata in Brazil is described. The victim, a 43-year-old man, was bitten just above his right heel and presented a clinical condition compatible with mild Bothrops poisoning: local edema with hemorrhage at the bite site and pain, although without coagulopathy.
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