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EVOLUTION OF SCORPIONISM BY Tityus bahiensis (PERTY) AND Tityus serrulatus LUTZ AND MELLO AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE TWO SPECIES IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO - BRAZIL
Provedor de dados: 79
Autores: EICKSTEDT,V. R. D. von; RIBEIRO,L. A.; CANDIDO,D. M.; ALBUQUERQUE,M. J.; JORGE,M. T.
Two scorpion species of medical importance occur in the state of São Paulo: the native brown scorpion Tityus bahiensis (Perty) and the highly toxic yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus Lutz and Mello, which was brought into the state. The study of accident data of patients admitted to the Vital Brazil Hospital of the Butantan Institute from l982 to l993 revealed a gradual increase in stings by T. serrulatus in contrast to those by T. bahiensis with a variation from 5.2% to 29.7%. Also, an inventory of the scorpions sent to the Laboratory of Venomous Arthropods of the Butantan Institute over the same period showed an expressive growth in the number of T. serrulatus specimens in contrast to that of T. bahiensis. These data suggest a significative proliferation...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Scorpionism; Scorpion control; Scorpiones; Tityus bahiensis (Perty); Tityus serrulatus Lutz and Mello.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79301996000200003