Bulletin De La Societe De Pathologie Exotique | VOL. 107
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[2013 update about arthropod envenomations in French Guyana].
Abstract
French Guiana, by its geographical situation, its climate and its biodiversity, is often called "the green hell". Indeed, this French department of America shelters a wildlife rich, abundant among which many species of arthropods, some of which are responsible for envenomations. These accidents consist of scorpion's or hymenoptera's stings or spider's bites. The associated clinical aspect is variable, from simple pain to circulatory collapse, or lung oedema. However, symptomatology is generally mild; four deaths associated to arthropod envenomations have been reported in the past 25 years. This article focuses on envenomations in French Guiana, describing favoring human behavior, risks and venoms associated with the main related animal species.
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French Guiana Arthropod Green Hell Species Of Arthropods Hymenoptera's Stings Scorpion French Guyana Guyana Hell Venoms
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