2012
DOI: 10.1590/s1678-91992012000400008
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Abstract: Scorpion stings are a public health problem in the Maghreb region. In Algeria, epidemiological data were collected over the past twenty years by the Algerian health authorities. This study is an analysis of morbidity and mortality data collected from 2001 to 2010. Annual incidence and mortality due to scorpion envenoming were 152 ± 3.6 stings and 0.236 ± 0.041 deaths per 100,000 people (95% CI), respectively. The risk of being stung by a scorpion was dramatically higher in southern areas and central highlands … Show more

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“…Nevertheless, the general lethality rate in Marrakesh-Tensift-Al Haouz (0.39%) was closer to the national rate. In Algeria, this rate was lower than that of our studied area and estimated as 0.10% in 2009 [2]; in Argentina, according to a study in 2003, this rate was 0.59% higher than that of our studied area [15].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 65%
“…Nevertheless, the general lethality rate in Marrakesh-Tensift-Al Haouz (0.39%) was closer to the national rate. In Algeria, this rate was lower than that of our studied area and estimated as 0.10% in 2009 [2]; in Argentina, according to a study in 2003, this rate was 0.59% higher than that of our studied area [15].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 65%
“…From 1991 to 2012, a total of 903,461 cases were recorded, of which 1996 resulted in death. Eighty-one percent of the country’s provinces are affected by this issue, but the incidence varies widely from the north to the south of the country; seven scorpion stings per 100,000 inhabitants are recorded in the northern provinces, whereas over 1,000 scorpion stings per 100,000 inhabitants are recorded in the southern provinces [1]. Algeria houses a diverse population of scorpions, and some provinces are seriously affected by scorpionism.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The yearly number of recorded scorpion stings in this province represents approximately 14% of the annually recorded cases on the national level [1]. Thus, Biskra province represents a rational choice to study in order to obtain an improved understanding of the epidemiology, incidence, lethality, circumstances, factors, and determinants of scorpion envenomations.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Scorpion envenomation is a real public health problem in many parts of the world, especially in North Africa, Central America, South America, the Middle East and India [1][2][3][4], with over 1.2 million cases of scorpion stings and 3 250 deaths each year worldwide [5]. Among the 1 500 species described, venoms of at least 25 species are of medical importance for humans and the majority of those species belong to Buthus, Parabuthus, Mesobuthus, Tityus, Leiurus, Androctonus and Centruroides genera of Buthidae family [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%