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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Michael J. McCoid</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>R.L. Haddock</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Thomas H. Fritts</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1990</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The brown tree snake,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Boiga irregularis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, is abundant on Guam and commonly invades human habitations. Data on emergency room visits on Guam document a high freguency of snakebites on Guam. Over 50% of the emergency room visits for snakebite involved children &amp;lt;4 years old. Records exist of 4 infants, 1, 2, 5, and 10 months old, who displayed significant symptoms after being bitten, while sleeping, by snakes. Two infants developed respiratory problems within a few hours and required medical treatment for asphyxiation. Lethargy, diminished sensory perceptions, drooping eyelids, swelling, discoloration, and bleb formation were variable in occurrence in the patients.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.4269/ajtmh.1990.42.607</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Risks to infants from bites of the  brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>