Scorpionism due to Tityus neoespartanus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Margarita Island, northeastern Venezuela Escorpionismo por Tityus neoespartanus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) na Ilha de Margarita, Nordeste da Venezuela

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Leonardo De Sousa, Jenny Boadas, Demetrio Kiriakos, Adolfo Borges, Jesús Boadas, Jenny Marcano, Iván Turkali, Miguel De Los Ríos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: Escorpionismo; Tityus neoespartanus; Ilha de Margarita; Venezuela; Scorpionism; Margarita Island; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Margarita; Nordeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000600017; https://doaj.org/article/7867eb09814e4db8aeb3061e18a6feab

The first two cases of scorpion envenoming caused by Tityus neoespartanus (Buthidae) are described. The accidents took place within human environments (one inside a home and the other inside a school), in the village of La Sierra, Margarita Island, State of Nueva Esparta, northeastern Venezuela. Bot...