Epidemiological and clinical study on scorpionism in French Guiana

Benmosbah, Mohamed; Guegueniat, Pascal; Mayence, Claire; Egmann, Gérald; Elenga, Narcisse; Gonon, S.; Hommel, Didier; Kallel, Hatem

doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.05.025

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“…Our findings of two distinct periods of high vs. low annual envenomation rates are consistent with data from Benmosbah et al (9) . They and others propose that scorpion activity is directly correlated with rainfall.…”

Section: Species Involved With Scorpionism In Amazonassupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Our study revealed that 66.3% of those injured were administered medical first aid in the first three hours after being stung; this rate is similar to that found in other studies (7) (9) . Scorpion venom is described as a complex formula capable of causing physiological harm, particularly nervous system paralysis (13) .…”

Section: Species Involved With Scorpionism In Amazonassupporting

confidence: 91%

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A profile of scorpionism, including the species of scorpions involved, in the State of Amazonas, Brazil

Costa

Fé

Sampaio

et al. 2016

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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Introduction: This study investigated scorpionism profile in the State of Amazonas, Brazil. Methods: Data referring to stinging incidents were obtained from the National Databank of Major Causes of Morbidity. Information on the scorpion species involved was obtained from the Amazonas State health units. Results: Amazonas has a scorpionism rate of 8.14 cases/100,000 inhabitants. Some municipalities (e.g., Apuí) presented higher rates (273 cases/100,000 inhabitants). Most species involved in envenomation belonged to the genus Tityus. Conclusions: Our results reaffirm the notion of scorpionism being a public health hazard and provide data that can guide public policy aimed at scorpionism prevention and treatment.

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Section: Species Involved With Scorpionism In Amazonassupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Species Involved With Scorpionism In Amazonassupporting

confidence: 91%

A profile of scorpionism, including the species of scorpions involved, in the State of Amazonas, Brazil

Costa

Fé

Sampaio

et al. 2016

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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“…In the present study, most people were in the age group of15-44 years which suggests that most of the stung people were young people and work force of the community, while similar studies confirmedour findings that represent thatthe active force of our communities are at risk (6,13,(16)(17)(18)(19)21).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…The study of Shahbazzadeh et al 2009 (11) shows that 90% of reportshave been presented in summer (from April to October).In this study it was observed that stings occur throughout the year but the majority of scorpionismoccur in the summer (42%).This study and many other studies confirm these results that the majority of stings are in June, July and August (6, 13-16, 18, 22)but there are also studies that report more numbers of stings in the rainy seasons especially May (7,20,21).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Scorpion envenomation in Bagh-E Malek, Iran –a 5 year study

Ghassemi¹,

Banarimehr²,

Bahrami³

et al. 2017

J. Fundam and Appl Sci.

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Scorpionism is a major health problem in many tropical countries including Iran. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological and demographic information among whom stung by scorpions in Bagh-E Malek, Iran. In this retrospective cross-sectional study the information were gathered through evaluation of the records of stung patients referring to years old. Most of the stings happened in exposed extremities (78.5%) with most of it in upper limbs (41.8%). The scorpions' species were unknown but 60.4% of them were yellow, 34.0% black and 5.6% were "other colors". Since the highest rate of scorpionism cases were reported in rural areas (74.2%), it is suggested that the main focus should be considered for education of rural people, especially women who play a major role in the family.Additionally, evaluation of residential houses and surrounding environment and giving information on method of cleaning up the environment from the equipment and the factors from which scorpion may use as shelter, can also be effective in reducing the incidence of Scorpionism.

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“…(Freire-Maia et al, 1994;Bucaretchi et al, 1995;Mazzei de D avila et al, 2002;Otero et al, 2004;Guerra et al, 2008;De Roodt et al, 2009;Albuquerque et al, 2013;Benmosbah et al, 2013). The precise reasons for this age-related difference in toxicity remain unclear, although possible explanations include a greater venom dose/body weight ratio in children compared to adults and age-related variations in sensitivity to the venom.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%