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Cases Reports • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 42 (3) • June 2009 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822009000300020   copy

First report of an accident with the speckled forest pit viper (Bothriopsis taeniata) in Brazil

Primeiro registro de acidente pela jararaca estrela (Bothriopsis taeniata) no Brasil

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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.

Bothriopsis taeniata; Bothrops accident; Amazon region

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