Distribución Geográfica del Alacranismo en el Estado de Guanajuato

Castillo-Pérez, Jesús; Velasco-Díaz, Esperanza; Ramírez-Barba, Éctor Jaime; Vargas-Salado, Enrique; Lara-Lona, Elia; Rivera-Torres, Mónica Ethel

doi:10.15174/au.2007.171

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“…Regarding the seasonality, authors reported that in the State of Guanajuato scorpions have a predilection for warm and dry climate (Castillo‐Pérez et al ., ). This is confirmed in this study because during spring, the season with warm and dry climatic characteristics, the highest number of cases is reported in Morelos.…”

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Influence of increasing temperature on the scorpion sting incidence by climatic regions

Hurtado-Díaz

Guzmán-Ontiveros²,

Arias-Medellín

et al. 2017

Intl Journal of Climatology

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Scorpion stings are a major public health concern representing a frequent cause of intoxication in many countries. The present study aims to examine the impact of climate variability in different climatic regions of the state of Morelos in Mexico on the incidence of scorpion stings. An ecological study was conducted using a retrospective time‐series analysis. Weekly reported scorpion sting cases from the Unique System of Information for Epidemiological Surveillance (SUIVE) and daily temperature and precipitation from the National Meteorological Service were obtained from 1999 to 2007. The geographical region of study was divided according three climatic conditions into Hot region (HR), Warm region (WR) and Cold region (CR). Generalized Linear Models were used to estimate the percent change [95% confidence intervals (CI)] of scorpion sting cases associated to an increase of 1 °C of temperature and 1 cm of precipitation in each climatic region. During the period of study there were 281 076 scorpion sting cases reported in the State of Morelos, Mexico. Positive correlations among temperature and scorpion sting cases were found (R = 0.59 and 0.70 in the HR and WR, respectively). Regions with the hottest temperatures had the greatest effect, showing a 9.8% (CI 95%: 8.30–11.30) increase in scorpion sting cases per 1 °C increased in temperature. Increase in minimum and maximum temperatures have a delayed effect on scorpion stings cases and these may vary by climatic region.

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Influence of increasing temperature on the scorpion sting incidence by climatic regions

Hurtado-Díaz

Guzmán-Ontiveros²,

Arias-Medellín

et al. 2017

Intl Journal of Climatology

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“…In the same way, Castillo and collaborators [8] performed an analysis of scorpionism in Mexico. Leynaud and Reati [9] conducted a foreign study on ophidism in Córdoba (Argentina) by using the SIGEpi program. And Pandey [10], who focused on ophidic risk in Nepal.…”

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Anthropogenic Risk to Poisonous Species in Mexico

Rodríguez Soto,

Roque Vilchis,

Cadena Vargas

et al. 2023

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In recent years, the morbidity and mortality rates caused by stings and bites of poisonous species have been constant in Mexico; such a phenomenon has been emphasized due to the dominance or modification of the natural geosystem. The modification in the availability of water resources has caused changes in the climate, extreme droughts, and floods that influence the distribution of species, generating risks where they did not occur before. With the aforementioned, it is important to identify risky points through the development of new cartography in the country, which allows an analysis from a spatial and geostatistical perspective. Based on the number of victims of stings or bites, there will be a sharp increase in exposure to poisonous animals where the distribution of these species overlaps with areas of high vulnerability as well as social and natural contact in Mexico. The aim of this study is to model the anthropogenic risk of poisonous species in Mexico in a spatial way (data from 2010–2017). The spatial analyses of this study were carried out throughout the Mexican territory and focused on species such as coral snakes, rattlesnakes, scorpions, and centipedes. The variables of vulnerability, danger, and exposure were considered to create a generalized risk model using the core area alternative in the zonation program, allowing a spatial analysis. The methodology consisted of six stages: (1) the identification of threats and records collected from chosen poisonous animals; (2) obtaining risk models by using the Zonation software that summarized all the species distribution modeling (SDM); (3) the development of a general anthropogenic vulnerability indicator; (4) obtaining the general exposure model with the index of accessibility to medical services; (5) obtaining risk models; and (6) the validation of risk models with morbidity and mortality rates by obtaining geostatistical models. The highlighted risk areas are the Pacific Ocean coast from Southern Sinaloa to the border of Michoacán, a corridor from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca, central Guerrero, northern Michoacán, and northwestern Nuevo León.

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Distribución Geográfica del Alacranismo en el Estado de Guanajuato

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Influence of increasing temperature on the scorpion sting incidence by climatic regions

Influence of increasing temperature on the scorpion sting incidence by climatic regions

Anthropogenic Risk to Poisonous Species in Mexico

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