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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| author | R. El Oufir I. Semlali M. Idrissi A. Soulaymani S. Benlarabi A. Khattabi M. Ait Moh R. Soulaymani Bencheikh |
| author_facet | R. El Oufir I. Semlali M. Idrissi A. Soulaymani S. Benlarabi A. Khattabi M. Ait Moh R. Soulaymani Bencheikh |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-67bc6602e89f4230b6c8ae1e0ee3a0a22022-12-21T18:15:41ZengSciELOJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases1678-91992008-01-0114225827310.1590/S1678-91992008000200005Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco)R. El OufirI. SemlaliM. IdrissiA. SoulaymaniS. BenlarabiA. KhattabiM. Ait MohR. Soulaymani BencheikhThe 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000200005epidemiologyscorpionsstrategyindicatorsEl KelaaMorocco |
| spellingShingle | R. El Oufir I. Semlali M. Idrissi A. Soulaymani S. Benlarabi A. Khattabi M. Ait Moh R. Soulaymani Bencheikh Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco) Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases epidemiology scorpions strategy indicators El Kelaa Morocco |
| title | Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco) |
| title_full | Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco) |
| title_fullStr | Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco) |
| title_short | Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco) |
| title_sort | scorpion sting a public health problem in el kelaa des sraghna morocco |
| topic | epidemiology scorpions strategy indicators El Kelaa Morocco |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000200005 |
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