TY - JOUR PY - 1998// TI - Venomous stings in the tropical world: bite and sting accident by a bumblebee swarm in a rainy Venezuelan forest JO - Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical A1 - Rodríguez-Acosta, A. A1 - Guerrero, R. A1 - Reyes, M. A1 - Szymanska, B. SP - 5 EP - 7 VL - 50 IS - 1 N2 - Two cases of poisoning produced by the unusual attack of colonies of insects from the family Bombidae, commonly known as bumblebees, are described. This type of poisoning may become severe toxicity and it is analyzed in the light of the latest findings. It is characterized by hemorrhagical symptoms, such as hematemesis and melaena.

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