Mimeau E, Chesneau P
Service des Urgences, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne.
Med Trop (Mars). 2006 Feb;66(1):69-73.
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.
法属圭亚那丰富多样的动物群以其攻击性而声名狼藉。对圭亚那紧急医疗服务机构（SAMU）记录的回顾性分析表明，1998年至2001年间接到的电话中，涉及动物袭击的不到1%。这些电话大多涉及飞行膜翅目昆虫（36.9%）、蛇（15.6%）、狗（13.8%）和蝎子（9.8%）。在666例病例中，有69例的攻击严重到足以需要派遣SMUR重症移动护理单元。这些病例包括毒蛇咬伤（n = 35）、飞行膜翅目昆虫蜇伤（n = 24）和蝎子蜇伤（n = 5）。尽管这项研究存在许多混杂因素，但其结果表明，法属圭亚那动物袭击的风险可能被高估了。
