| [scorpionism in belo horizonte, mg: a retrospective study]. | scorpions, especially in urban areas, due to the great demographic density and confrontation possibility, represent a risk to the public health. tityus serrulatus is the most important species, causing the highest number of accidents. this study intended to raise epidemic data and the occurrence of scorpionism in belo horizonte, between 1990 and 1997. the data were gathered from the records of hospital de pronto socorro joão xxiii. of the 3265 cases, most occurred in 1996, of which six were fata ... | 2002 | 12170332 |
| inter- and intrapopulational genetic variability of tityus serrulatus (scorpiones, buthidae). | in brazil, there are near 20 genera and almost 120 species of scorpions of which 95% reproduce sexually. parthenogenetic reproduction, however, may also take place. to gain insight into useful molecular markers in parthenogenetic scorpion species, we studied dna polymorphism using two molecular approaches: simple sequence repeat anchored polymerase chain reaction (ssr-pcr) and sequencing of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit i of the mitochondrial genome, mtdna (coxi), of tityus serrulatus. three ... | 2009 | 19595660 |
| approaches to the treatment of scorpion envenoming. | a total of 3866 patients stung by tityus serrulatus scorpion was admitted to hospital joão xxiii, in belo horizonte, brazil, over a 16-year period (an average of 241 cases per year). of these, 73% were adults and 27% were children aged less than 14 years. the moderate or benign cases were treated with symptomatic measures and/or i.v. antivenom, whereas 168 severely envenomed children were treated in the intensive care unit. lung oedema was unilateral in several cases, with the presence of air br ... | 1994 | 7801334 |