Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects
The present study aimed at verifying the impact of a Moroccan strategy against scorpion stings and, specifically, at identifying the epidemiological features of the patients envenomed or just stung by scorpions. The investigation included 4089 patients from a province of Morocco which were evaluated...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:711fdb25aae54f8bb4b3c157088dc871 2023-05-15T15:04:02+02:00 Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects R. Soulaymani Bencheikh M. Idrissi O. Tamim I. Semlali A. Mokhtari M. Tayebi A. Soulaymani 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992007000200005 https://doaj.org/article/711fdb25aae54f8bb4b3c157088dc871 EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992007000200005 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992007000200005 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/711fdb25aae54f8bb4b3c157088dc871 Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 462-471 (2007) epidemiology scorpions strategy Morocco Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2007 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992007000200005 2022-12-31T04:29:45Z The present study aimed at verifying the impact of a Moroccan strategy against scorpion stings and, specifically, at identifying the epidemiological features of the patients envenomed or just stung by scorpions. The investigation included 4089 patients from a province of Morocco which were evaluated over three years (2001, 2002 and 2003). Most stings occurred during the hot period and mainly at night (between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m.). The average incidence was 2.8‰, the average age of the patients was 26.7±18.2 years, and the envenomation rate was 6.7%. Mortality rate was 0.05‰, and average lethality rate was 0.7%. Analysis of variance showed that young age, symptoms at admission, and long time elapsed between sting and admission were correlated with poor outcome. Comparison among data of the three years revealed an increasing number of reported cases and decreasing morbidity and mortality. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 13 2 |
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The present study aimed at verifying the impact of a Moroccan strategy against scorpion stings and, specifically, at identifying the epidemiological features of the patients envenomed or just stung by scorpions. The investigation included 4089 patients from a province of Morocco which were evaluated over three years (2001, 2002 and 2003). Most stings occurred during the hot period and mainly at night (between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m.). The average incidence was 2.8‰, the average age of the patients was 26.7±18.2 years, and the envenomation rate was 6.7%. Mortality rate was 0.05‰, and average lethality rate was 0.7%. Analysis of variance showed that young age, symptoms at admission, and long time elapsed between sting and admission were correlated with poor outcome. Comparison among data of the three years revealed an increasing number of reported cases and decreasing morbidity and mortality. |
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Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
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Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
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Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
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