Scorpion sting: a public health problem in El Kelaa des Sraghna (Morocco)
2008
El Oufir, R.(Rabat Institute Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco) | Semlali, I.(Rabat Institute Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco) | Idrissi, M.(Rabat Institute Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco) | Soulaymani, A.(Ibn Tofail University Kénitra Faculty of Sciences Laboratory of Genetics and Biometricss) | Benlarabi, S.(Rabat Institute Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco) | Khattabi, A.(Rabat Institute Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco) | Ait Moh, M.(Medical Delegation of El Kelaa des Sraghna Province) | Soulaymani Bencheikh, R.(Rabat Institute Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center of Morocco)
The present study aimed at verifying the impact of a Moroccan strategy against scorpion stings and specifically at identifying the epidemiological features of patients envenomed or just stung by scorpions. It included 11,907 patients from El Kelaa des Sraghna Province, Morocco, who were evaluated over five years (2001-2005). Most stings occurred during the hot period and mainly at night. The average incidence was 3.2 per 1,000 inhabitants; patients <15 years accounted for 34%, and the envenomation rate was 12%. Average lethality rate was 0.7%. Our work evaluated the efficacy of the adopted strategy based on indicators of follow-up, morbidity and lethality due to scorpion sting and envenomation.
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