Projektnummer

0064493

Zusammenfassung

Snakebite envenoming is a health emergency in many developing countries such as Myanmar. Global estimates suggest that over 5 million snakebites each year kill 81,000 to 138,000 men, women and children worldwide and cause physical and psychological disability in 300,000 to 700,000 more. Bringing traditional knowledge together with high-tech chemical ecology research, this project aims to develop safe and effective anti-snake repellents based on the study of a natural predator-prey relationship between two snake species (Rusell's viper and Banded krait). In the exploratory phase a new s...