| [an accident involving tityus serrulatus and its epidemiological implications in brazil]. | this is a case report of the first accident involving a scorpion tityus serrulatus in the city of porto alegre, brazil, that occurred in march, 2001. a 21-year-old male patient, while handling vegetables proceeding from other brazilian states, was bitten by a scorpion tityus serrulatus, developing local and systemic reactions, requiring an anti-scorpion antidote. the authors highlight the epidemiological importance of this case in the south of brazil. | 2002 | 12471390 |