Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco)

The present study aimed at verifying the impact of a Moroccan strategy against scorpion stings and specifically at identifying the epidemiological features of patients envenomed or just stung by scorpions. It included 11,907 patients from El Kelaa des Sraghna Province, Morocco, who were evaluated ov...

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Published in:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Main Authors: R. El Oufir, I. Semlali, M. Idrissi, A. Soulaymani, S. Benlarabi, A. Khattabi, M. Ait Moh, R. Soulaymani Bencheikh
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2008
Subjects:
epidemiology
scorpions
strategy
indicators
El Kelaa
Morocco
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Toxicology. Poisons
RA1190-1270
Zoology
QL1-991
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992008000200005
https://doaj.org/article/67bc6602e89f4230b6c8ae1e0ee3a0a2
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Summary:The present study aimed at verifying the impact of a Moroccan strategy against scorpion stings and specifically at identifying the epidemiological features of patients envenomed or just stung by scorpions. It included 11,907 patients from El Kelaa des Sraghna Province, Morocco, who were evaluated over five years (2001-2005). Most stings occurred during the hot period and mainly at night. The average incidence was 3.2 per 1,000 inhabitants; patients <15 years accounted for 34%, and the envenomation rate was 12%. Average lethality rate was 0.7%. Our work evaluated the efficacy of the adopted strategy based on indicators of follow-up, morbidity and lethality due to scorpion sting and envenomation.

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