Open AccessGeographic Distribution of Scorpion Exposures in the United States, 2010–2015
Author(s) -
A. Min Kang,
Daniel E. Brooks
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2017.304094
Subject(s) - envenomation , las vegas , scorpion , scorpion venoms , geography , population , incidence (geometry) , medicine , environmental health , fasciculation , demography , archaeology , ecology , biology , physics , metropolitan area , sociology , venom , optics , anatomy
To determine the geographic distribution of scorpion envenomations in the United States by zip code, with particular attention to the neurotoxic Centruroides sculpturatus (Arizona bark scorpion), for which an antivenom is available.