Objective Scorpion stings are registered worldwide, but the incidence and the features of the
envenomations vary depending on the region. The aim of this review was to summarize the …

Ecuador harbors one of the most diverse Neotropical scorpion faunas, hereby updated to 47
species contained within eight genera and five families, which inhabits the “Costa”(n …

Los accidentes por animales venenos y/o ponzoñosos son muy frecuentes en nuestro país,
pueden acontecer por vertebrados como serpientes y peces o por invertebrados como …

Background Scorpion stings are a major public health problem in Brazil, with an increasing
number of registered cases every year. Affecting mostly vulnerable populations, the …

Background: Scorpions are widely known for the neurotoxic effects of their venoms, which
contain peptides affecting ionic channels. Although Colombia is recognized for its scorpion …

Scorpions of the Neotropical genus Tityus are responsible for most severe envenomations in
the Caribbean, South America, and Lower Central America (LCA). Although Tityus is …

Introducción. Las intoxicaciones agudas constituyen un problema de salud potencialmente
grave, que representa entre 1 a 2% de las urgencias médicas atendidas en los hospitales …

Among other scorpion species, Colombia has two genera of the Buthidae family
Centruroides and Tityus, considered to be dangerous to humans. This research shares …

Venom from Amazonian scorpions of the genus Tityus contains components capable of
eliciting a distinct clinical, mostly neurological, syndrome. This contrasts with the mainly …

Deaths by venomous animals are medical emergencies that can lead to death and thus
constitute sanitary problems in some regions of the world. In the South of America, the …