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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The geographic distribution of this burden is uneven. Our research shows that sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for 45% of all global envenoming and fatalities.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Over half of the countries where venomous snakes pose a threat don’t keep count of how many people are bitten or envenomed.]]></image:caption>
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