Atractaspidinae are a family of small, inoffensive snakes with low chances of envenoming. This species is one of the main causes of snakebite envenoming in Southeast Asia. Results of bites from this species range from mild envenoming to death. Both cardiotoxicity and reliable nonspecific signs of envenoming were absent. As toxicity progresses the combination of signs becomes more characteristic of tick envenoming. In 2018, the World Health Organization listed snakebite envenoming as a neglected tropical disease. Unlike snake bite, tick envenoming has a relatively slow onset. The organization focuses on snakebite envenoming, access to insulin and developing European policies on medicines. Dry snake bites are called "venomous snake bite without envenoming". Envenoming occurs in at least 75-80% of bite cases involving these species. After the fer-de-lance ("Bothrops asper"), it is the most common cause of snake envenoming.