2021
DOI: 10.1590/1678-9199-jvatitd-2020-0110
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Abstract: Background: Although scorpionism is recorded worldwide, some regions such as Iran present a higher incidence. Due to the great prevalence of scorpion stings in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, the present study examined the relationship between different climate parameters and the scorpion sting rate in this area from April 2010 to March 2015. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study, we considered all scorpion sting cases recorded in the Department of Infectious Diseases, Ahvaz Jund… Show more

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“…Scorpion envenomation is a global health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Iran is a high-risk region in regard to scorpion stings (Dehghani et al, 2018[ 6 ]; Rafizadeh et al, 2013[ 29 ]; Nejati et al, 2018[ 24 ]; Ghorbani et al, 2021[ 17 ]). According to the statistics released by the CDC of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran has the second rank of venomous animal stings in the world by a recording of about 250,000 stings, following Mexico (Firoozfar et al, 2019[ 15 ]).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Scorpion envenomation is a global health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Iran is a high-risk region in regard to scorpion stings (Dehghani et al, 2018[ 6 ]; Rafizadeh et al, 2013[ 29 ]; Nejati et al, 2018[ 24 ]; Ghorbani et al, 2021[ 17 ]). According to the statistics released by the CDC of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran has the second rank of venomous animal stings in the world by a recording of about 250,000 stings, following Mexico (Firoozfar et al, 2019[ 15 ]).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Khuzestan has the highest rate of scorpion stings in Iran based on reporting annually scorpion stings, about 541 cases per hundred thousand people (Rafizadeh et al, 2013[ 29 ]). Climate factors and habitat type are the most important determinants of the development of these venomous animals in Khuzestan (Ghorbani et al, 2021[ 17 ]). A. crassicauda, Hemiscorpius lepturus, and Mesobuthus eupeus are responsible for most of the reported scorpion sting cases in this province.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%