[Mortality from snake bites, wild and domestic animal bites and arthropod stings in the savannah zone of eastern Senegal]. / La mortalité par les morsures de serpent, d'animaux sauvages et domestiques et les piqûres d'arthropodes en zone de savane soudanienne du Sénégal oriental.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
; 95(3): 154-6, 2002 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-12404858
ABSTRACT
From 1976 to 1999, we conducted a prospective study of overall and cause-specific mortality among the population of 42 villages of south-eastern Senegal. Of 4,228 deaths registered during this period, 26 were brought on by snakebites, 4 by invertebrate stings and 8 by other wild or domestic animals. The average annual mortality rate from snakebite was 14 deaths per 100,000 population. Among persons aged 1 year or more, 0.9% (26/2,880) of deaths were caused by snakebite and this cause represented 28% (26/94) of the total number of deaths by accident. We also investigated the snake fauna of the area. Of 1,280 snakes belonging to 34 species that were collected, one-third were dangerous and the proportion of Viperidae, Elapidae and Atractaspididae was 23%, 11% and 0.6%, respectively. The saw-scaled viper Echis ocellatus was the most abundant species (13.6%). Other venomous species were Causus maculatus (6.5%), Naja katiensis (5.5%), Bitis arietans (2.7%), Elapsoidea trapei (2.4%), Naja nigricollis (1.2%), Naja melanoleuca (1.1%), Atractaspis aterrima (0.4%), Dendroaspis polylepis (0.3%) and Naja haje (0.1%).
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Artrópodes
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Mordeduras de Serpentes
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Mordeduras e Picadas
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Saúde da População Rural
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Causas de Morte
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Animais Domésticos
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Animais Selvagens
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article