EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

This report is a retrospective study of the epidemiology of scorpion sting cases recorded from 2007 to 2013 in the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. Data were collected from the Injury Notification Information System database of the Health Department of Ceará. A total of 11,134 cases were studied...

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Autores principales: FURTADO, Sanny da Silva, BELMINO, José Franscidavid Barbosa, DINIZ, Ana Gilza Quaresma, LEITE, Renner de Souza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27007558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658015
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author FURTADO, Sanny da Silva
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DINIZ, Ana Gilza Quaresma
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description This report is a retrospective study of the epidemiology of scorpion sting cases recorded from 2007 to 2013 in the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. Data were collected from the Injury Notification Information System database of the Health Department of Ceará. A total of 11,134 cases were studied and distributed across all the months of the studied period and they occurred mainly in urban areas. Victims were predominantly 20-29 years-old women. Most victims were bitten on the hand; and received medical assistance within 1-3 hours after being bitten. Cases were mostly classified as mild and progressed to cure. Scorpion envenomation in Ceará is an environmental public health problem that needs to be monitored and controlled throughout the year.
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spelling pubmed-48045522016-04-07 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL FURTADO, Sanny da Silva BELMINO, José Franscidavid Barbosa DINIZ, Ana Gilza Quaresma LEITE, Renner de Souza Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Original Article This report is a retrospective study of the epidemiology of scorpion sting cases recorded from 2007 to 2013 in the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. Data were collected from the Injury Notification Information System database of the Health Department of Ceará. A total of 11,134 cases were studied and distributed across all the months of the studied period and they occurred mainly in urban areas. Victims were predominantly 20-29 years-old women. Most victims were bitten on the hand; and received medical assistance within 1-3 hours after being bitten. Cases were mostly classified as mild and progressed to cure. Scorpion envenomation in Ceará is an environmental public health problem that needs to be monitored and controlled throughout the year. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4804552/ /pubmed/27007558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658015 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
title EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
title_full EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
title_fullStr EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
title_full_unstemmed EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
title_short EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCORPION ENVENOMATION IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
title_sort epidemiology of scorpion envenomation in the state of ceará, northeastern brazil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804552/
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