Scorpion envenoming in Morona Santiago, Amazonian Ecuador: molecular phylogenetics confirms involvement of the Tityus obscurus group - Rom án JP, García F, Medina D, Vásquez M, García J, Graham MR, Romero-Alvarez D, de Oliveira Pardal PP, Ishikawa EAY, Borges A.

Scorpion envenoming by species in the genus Tityus is hereby reported from rural locations in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, southeastern Ecuador. Twenty envenoming cases (18 patients under 15 years of age) including one death (a 4-year-old mal...
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