title: [The epidemiological situation of scorpion stings in the Beni Mellal province].
abstract: The objective of this work is to analyse and interpret data from patients bitten by scorpions in a province of Morocco in order to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by scorpion venom. A study was conducted of 901 cases of poisoning among 6959 cases of scorpion stings recorded between January 2002 and December 2006 from bites recorded in Beni Mellal. The results show that poisoning strongly coincides with the summer period, especially in July and August. All age groups are affected by this disease with an average age of 17.28 +/- 17.91 years. For the time post injection, 35.2% were able to check in under an hour. On the other hand, 70.9% reach a health facility with symptoms (class II) and 29.1% with signs of distress (Class III). Finally, the evolution of patients is mostly positive in 94.7% of cases, and the case fatality rate from scorpion sting poisoning is 3.88%.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique et Biométrie, Département de Biologie, BP 133, Faculté des Sciences Kénitra, Maroc.
authors.forename: Nezha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Charrab
authors.forename: Rachida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soulaymani
authors.forename: Abdelrhani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mokhtari
authors.forename: Ilham
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Semlali
authors.forename: Rhizlane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Oufir
authors.forename: Abdelmajid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soulaymani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012605:Scorpions; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors