Citation

Borges A, Rojas-Runjaic FJM, Diez N, Faks JG, Op den Camp HJ, De Sousa L. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2010; 21(4): 282-290.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Toxins and Receptors, Biomembranes Section, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2010.06.008

PMID

21168779

Abstract

The severity of the case reinforces categorization of the Guayana Shield region as a macroendemic area of scorpionism in Venezuela and allows classification of T breweri as a species of medical importance, with toxins immunologically related to central-eastern Venezuelan Tityus. Partitioning of the territory incorporating multiple criteria may help health authorities establish and implement preventive and therapeutic measures for scorpion envenoming in this region.

Language: en