BHOPAL: In rural Madhya Pradesh, the common krait, a venomous snake whose bite can be relatively painless, has emerged as a particularly deadly threat to people sleeping indoors. A field-based study by six frontline personnel of the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has uncovered these and other patterns in 1,261 snakebite cases documented across approximately 280 villages in six ranges of the South Panna Forest Division. The findings point to a public health challenge shaped not only by venomous snakes, but also by sleeping conditions, household environments and delays in reaching medical car...