title: [Distribution of findings of scorpions in Buenos Aires city in the period 2001-2012 and their sanitary implications].
abstract: Scorpion stings and their associated mortality increased in the last years in Argentina, with a cumulative record of 73,617 cases and 30 deaths during the period 2001-2012, occurring almost all the deaths in pediatric patients. However, deaths due to severe envenoming by scorpion stings have not been recorded in Buenos Aires city and suburban regions, although the presence of scorpions in this city has been increasingly reported. We studied the temporal and geographical distribution of Tityus trivittatus findings in Buenos Aires city from the database of the Research and Development Area from the National Institute for Production of Biologics of the National Ministry of Health during the period 10/01/2001 to 31/12/2012 in order to correlate these findings with the distribution of health centers in the city. In this period 385 consults with identification of scorpions were recorded. Annual records showed a growing trend. Georeferenced data showed that findings appeared to increase in the surroundings of metro and train stations, mainly at the east of the city with expansion to the west. Although Toxicology services are geographically related to the zones with higher density of finding of scorpions, the accessibility to the centers with antivenom may hinder its application in the recommended time; some measures to avoid possible delays in the application of the treatment are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral "Prof. Ricardo A. Margni" (IDEHU), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)/Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1113AAD, Argentina.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: Área Investigación y Desarrollo, Instituto Nacional de Producción de Biológicos (INPB), Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán" (ANLIS), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1282AFF, Argentina.
authors.forename: Rodrigo D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Laskowicz
authors.affiliation: Área Investigación y Desarrollo, Instituto Nacional de Producción de Biológicos (INPB), Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán" (ANLIS), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1282AFF, Argentina.
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lanari
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Toxicología, Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín", Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1120AAR, Argentina.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scarlato
authors.affiliation: Primera Cátedra de Toxicología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1121ABG, Argentina.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Damin
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Determinantes de la Salud e Investigación, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Ernesto H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: de Titto
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Determinantes de la Salud e Investigación, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.|Primera Cátedra de Toxicología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1121ABG, Argentina.
authors.forename: Adolfo R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: de Roodt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins; D001118:Argentina; D006801:Humans; D065008:Scorpion Stings / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D012605:Scorpions; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis
chemical_list: D000997:Antivenins
keywords: Antivenoms; Georeferencing; Poisoning; Scorpions; Tityus