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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| author | R. Soulaymani Bencheikh M. Idrissi O. Tamim I. Semlali A. Mokhtari M. Tayebi A. Soulaymani |
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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 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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| spelling | doaj.art-711fdb25aae54f8bb4b3c157088dc8712022-12-21T23:32:44ZengSciELOJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases1678-91992007-01-0113246247110.1590/S1678-91992007000200005Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspectsR. Soulaymani BencheikhM. IdrissiO. TamimI. SemlaliA. MokhtariM. TayebiA. SoulaymaniThe 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992007000200005epidemiologyscorpionsstrategyMorocco |
| spellingShingle | R. Soulaymani Bencheikh M. Idrissi O. Tamim I. Semlali A. Mokhtari M. Tayebi A. Soulaymani Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases epidemiology scorpions strategy Morocco |
| title | Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
| title_full | Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
| title_fullStr | Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
| title_short | Scorpion stings in one province of Morocco: epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects |
| title_sort | scorpion stings in one province of morocco epidemiological clinical and prognosis aspects |
| topic | epidemiology scorpions strategy Morocco |
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