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Neglected tropical

Snakebite envenomation

Balanced: 27th of 142Biggest burden: 67th of 142Most neglected: 21st of 142

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Healthy years lost (DALYs), 2023

4.8M

95% range 2.9M to 7.0M

Deaths, 2023

94k

People living with it, 2023

6.7M

GBD cause: Venomous animal contact (broader match)

Research attention

Active clinical trials

8

All clinical trials, ever

40

Papers published, 2025

290

Active trials per million healthy years lost

1.7

Lower means fewer trials for the size of the problem

What there is to build on

Open Targets has no entry for this disease, so there is no target or drug data yet.

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Trial and paper counts are rough measures of attention, not of progress. This page is for research planning, not medical advice.