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Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran
This epidemiological review was carried out to display the magnitude and the geographic distribution of scorpion envenomation in Iran with focus on the southwestern region of Iran, particularly. The Iranian recognized scorpions belonging to two families, including Buthidae and Scorpionidae. Buthidae...
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Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276176 |
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author | Jalali, Amir Rahim, Fakher |
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description | This epidemiological review was carried out to display the magnitude and the geographic distribution of scorpion envenomation in Iran with focus on the southwestern region of Iran, particularly. The Iranian recognized scorpions belonging to two families, including Buthidae and Scorpionidae. Buthidae family consists of 14 genuses, 26 species, and 18 sub-species, while Scorpionidae family has three genuses and four species. The lack of basic knowledge, including the geographical distribution, clinical manifestations, and specific treatments related to scorpiofauna justifies such multidisciplinary studies. The venom of two endemic Iranian scorpions, including Hemiscorpius lepturus (H. lepturus) and Odonthubuthus doriae (O.doriae) have considered as an effective source of new neurotoxin peptides for the further development of physio-pharmacological probes and designing the clinical trials. Such epidemiological information may improve the determinants of Iranian scorpion stings in order to plan and implement effective public health intervention. |
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spelling | pubmed-41776362014-09-30 Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran Jalali, Amir Rahim, Fakher Iran J Pharm Res Original Article This epidemiological review was carried out to display the magnitude and the geographic distribution of scorpion envenomation in Iran with focus on the southwestern region of Iran, particularly. The Iranian recognized scorpions belonging to two families, including Buthidae and Scorpionidae. Buthidae family consists of 14 genuses, 26 species, and 18 sub-species, while Scorpionidae family has three genuses and four species. The lack of basic knowledge, including the geographical distribution, clinical manifestations, and specific treatments related to scorpiofauna justifies such multidisciplinary studies. The venom of two endemic Iranian scorpions, including Hemiscorpius lepturus (H. lepturus) and Odonthubuthus doriae (O.doriae) have considered as an effective source of new neurotoxin peptides for the further development of physio-pharmacological probes and designing the clinical trials. Such epidemiological information may improve the determinants of Iranian scorpion stings in order to plan and implement effective public health intervention. Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4177636/ /pubmed/25276176 Text en © 2014 by School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Jalali, Amir Rahim, Fakher Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran |
title | Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran |
title_full | Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran |
title_fullStr | Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran |
title_short | Epidemiological Review of Scorpion Envenomation in Iran |
title_sort | epidemiological review of scorpion envenomation in iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276176 |
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