Open AccessAcute interstitial nephritis, toxic hepatitis and toxic myocarditis following multiple Asian giant hornet stings in Shaanxi Province, China
Author(s) -
Zheng Liu,
Xiangdong Li,
Bohui Guo,
Yang Li,
MingHui Zhao,
Haiyan Shen,
Ying Zhai,
Xueli Wang,
Tao Liu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental health and preventive medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1347-4715
pISSN - 1342-078X
DOI - 10.1007/s12199-016-0516-4
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , nephritis , interstitial nephritis , toxic hepatitis , public health , hepatitis , emergency medicine , kidney , pathology
During July to October 2013, the Asian giant hornet has killed 42 and injured 1,675 people in the southern part of Shaanxi Province, China. This study investigated this unusual and frequent public health event.