Factors involved in the resilience of incidence and decrease of mortality from scorpion stings in Mexico
| Autor: | Chippaux Jean-Philippe, Celis Alfredo, Alagon Alejandro, Boyer Leslie |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Mère et enfant en milieu tropical : pathogènes, système de santé et transition épidémiologique (MERIT - UMR_D 261), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Centre de Recherche Translationnelle - Center for Translational Science (CRT), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Universidad de Guadalajara, University of Arizona, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Université de Paris (UP), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
medicine.medical_specialty [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Antivenom Population Scorpion Venoms Scorpion stings Toxicology complex mixtures 01 natural sciences Scorpions F(ab’)(2) 03 medical and health sciences MESH: Scorpion Venoms Scorpion Case fatality rate medicine Animals Humans MESH: Animals MESH: Incidence Mortality Envenomation education Mexico MESH: Mexico 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study Scorpion Stings MESH: Humans business.industry Incidence 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Public health 030302 biochemistry & molecular biology Specific mortality medicine.disease MESH: Scorpions eye diseases 3. Good health Sting F(ab')(2) Access to health service MESH: Scorpion Stings business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Toxicon Toxicon, 2020, 188, pp.65-75. ⟨10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.10.011⟩ Toxicon, Elsevier, 2020, 188, pp.65-75. ⟨10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.10.011⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0041-0101 |
| Popis: | International audience; In Mexico, scorpion sting envenomation (SSE) is a significant public health issue that has engaged the attention of health authorities for more than a century. Rigorously characterized today, scorpion sting incidence is stable around 230 stings per 100,000 population, i.e. 300,000 annual stings treated in Mexican health centers and hospitals. Higher incidence is observed mainly in central and Pacific Mexico. Scorpion populations thrive in populated places, particularly in impoverished areas. Scorpion stings occur in houses. This could explain similar incidence according to gender and age. The number of scorpion stings has remained stable since the mid-2000s. In contrast, mortality, which was over 1500 deaths per year before the 1960s, underwent a dramatic drop after the 1970s, from 500 deaths per year to fewer than 50 annual deaths today. Case fatality rates have shown similar trend. We noted a significantly higher specific mortality in males than in females (0.199 and 0.168 per 100,000 respectively; P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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