TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Fauna attacks in French Guiana: retrospective 4-year analysis
JO  - Medecine tropicale: revue du corps de sante colonial
A1  - Mimeau, E.
A1  - Chesneau, Pierre
SP  - 69
EP  - 73
VL  - 66
IS  - 1
N2  - The rich, diversified fauna of French Guiana has an infamous reputation for its aggressiveness. A retrospective analysis of the records the SAMU emergency service in Guiana showed that less than 1% of phone calls received between 1998 and 2001 involved fauna attacks. Most of these calls involved flying hymenoptera (36.9%), snakes (15.6 %), dogs (13.8%), and scorpions (9.8%). In 69 of 666 cases, the attack was severe enough to warrant dispatching a SMUR intensive mobile care unit. These cases involved poisonous snake bites (n=35), flying hymenoptera stings (n=24) and scorpion stings (n=5). Although this study presents numerous confounding factors, its findings indicate that the risk of fauna attacks in French Guiana may be overestimated.<p />  <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0025-682X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -