A new venomous scorpion responsible for severe envenomation in Argentina: Tityus confluens
- de Roodt, Adolfo Rafael
- Lago, Néstor Rubén
- Salomón, Oscar Daniel
- Laskowicz, Rodrigo Daniel
- Neder, Lilia Estela
- López, Raúl Alfredo
- Montero, Teresa Eleonor
- Vega, Valeria del Valle
DOIAbstract
In Argentina the scorpions of medical importance belong to the genus Tityus (T.), particularly the species T. trivittatus, the only scorpion whose sting is recognized to be associated with severe human envenoming and death. This genus is distributed from the north of the Patagonian region to the center and some provinces in the north of the country. During the period 2003-2006 four children died following scorpion stings, of which one was certainly and three were probably by T. confluens. In 2006, in the province of Tucumán, a girl died by scorpion envenoming and the scorpion responsible for the death, found in her shoe, was T. confluens. We thus studied the toxicity of venom gland homogenates from T. confluens from the provinces of Jujuy a...
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