Ocorrência de acidentes provocados por Lonomia obliqua Walker, no Estado do Paraná, no período de 1989 a 2001 Occurrence of accidents caused by Lonomia obliqua Walker, in the State of Paraná between 1989 and 2001

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Claudia Moreira Garcia, Inês Moresco Danni-Oliveira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: Lonomia obliqua Walker; Sazonalidade; Acidentes; Envenenamento; Animal peçonhento; Seasonality; Accidents; Poisoning; Venomous animal; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Sudeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000200021; https://doaj.org/article/137fa2667fcc47a2816c46e91fa23e72

O presente artigo objetivou mostrar a distribuição dos acidentes com a lagarta Lonomia obliqua, Walker, 1855 no período de 1989-2001 no Estado do Paraná. Os dados foram obtidos junto a Secretaria de Saúde Ambiental do Paraná. As informações coletadas foram mapeadas utilizando-se o programa Arcview, sendo gerados mapas de ocorrência sazonal de acidentes. Esta sazonalidade foi correlacionada com o ciclo de vida do inseto, que indicou o período de verão como o de maior incidência de acidentes, e ocorrendo as maiores concentrações nas regiões centro-sul, sudeste e sudoeste do Estado. The present article aimed to show the distribution of accidents involving the caterpillar Lonomia obliqua, Walker, 1855, in the State of Paraná between 1989 and 2001. The data were obtained from the Environmental Health Department of Paraná. The information collected was mapped using the Arcview program, and maps of the seasonal occurrence of accidents were generated. This seasonality was correlated with the insect’s life cycle and summer was shown to be the period with greatest incidence of accidents. The greatest concentrations occurred in the central-southern, southeastern and southwestern regions of the State.