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Israeli Researchers Participate in Important Study: To Predict Snakebites and Save Lives An international research group, including researchers from Tel Aviv University, recently created an innovative simulation model for predicting snakebites. Now, most of us don’t expect to get bitten by a snake anytime soon. However, it turns out that about 1.8 million poisonous snakebites occur around the world annually, killing about 94,000 people. And that’s why the World Health Organization has launched a strategic plan to reduce snakebites by 50 percent by 2030. An important basis for attaining this goal is expanding relevant scientific research. In a study led by Dr. Takuya Iwamura of Oregon State University, Eyal Goldstein of the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University Imperial College London, and the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, researchers designed a model based on an improved understanding of interactions between farmers and snakes in time and space. Goldstein explained: “We built a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary model, which includes the behavior patterns of both sides – snakes and humans — identifying risk factors at various times and places, and warning against them.” The model can, for example, differentiate between low-risk and high-risk areas. High-risk areas may have double the number of snakebites per 100,000 people. Now the researchers intend to implement the model in places that don’t yet have accurate snakebite data. Source: Israel21C ?? IF YOU LOVE ISRAEL - SHARE NEWSRAEL
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