Occurrence of accidents caused by Lonomia obliqua Walker, in the State of Paraná between 1989 and 2001

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba¹  Garcia, Claudia Moreira¹  Danni-Oliveira, Inês Moresco¹ 

关键词: Lonomia obliqua Walker;    Seasonality;    Accidents;    Poisoning;    Venomous animal;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822007000200021

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

The present article aimed to show the distribution of accidents involving the caterpillar Lonomia obliqua, Walker, 1855, in the State of Paraná between 1989 and 2001. The data were obtained from the Environmental Health Department of Paraná. The information collected was mapped using the Arcview program, and maps of the seasonal occurrence of accidents were generated. This seasonality was correlated with the insectÂ’s life cycle and summer was shown to be the period with greatest incidence of accidents. The greatest concentrations occurred in the central-southern, southeastern and southwestern regions of the State.

【 授权许可】

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