Marques Michael Radan de Vasconcelos, Araújo Kaliany Adja Medeiros de, Tavares Aluska Vieira, Vieira Alecxandro Alves, Leite Renner de Souza
Centro de Educação e Saúde, Unidade Acadêmica de Saúde, Graduate Program in Natural Sciences and Biotechnology, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - Cuité (PB), Brazil.
Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2020 Feb 21;23:e200005. doi: 10.1590/1980-549720200005. eCollection 2020.
In the American continent, accidents caused by honeybees are a public health problem due to the high incidence and severity of the cases. Despite its medical importance, there are few epidemiological studies on this topic in Brazil, especially referring to the Northeastern states. The present study aims to describe the epidemiological features of honeybee envenomation cases in the state of the Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil, from 2007 to 2014.
Data were collected from the Notifiable Diseases Information System database of the Health Department of Rio Grande do Norte.
We analyzed a total of 2,168 cases. Cases occurred in all months of the years studied, reaching higher frequencies from June to October. Most incidents happened in urban areas and involved men, with victims aged between 20 and 39 years. Victims were mainly stung on the head and hand, and they received medical care predominantly within 3 hours after the injury. Local manifestations were more frequent than systemic ones. Clinically, most cases were mild and progressed to cure.
The high number of honeybee sting cases shows that Rio Grande do Norte may be an important risk area for such injury.
在美洲大陆，蜜蜂引发的事故因病例的高发病率和严重性而成为一个公共卫生问题。尽管其具有医学重要性，但巴西针对该主题的流行病学研究较少，尤其是涉及东北部各州。本研究旨在描述2007年至2014年巴西东北部北里奥格兰德州蜜蜂蜇伤病例的流行病学特征。
数据收集自北里奥格兰德卫生部的法定传染病信息系统数据库。
我们共分析了2168例病例。在所研究年份的所有月份均有病例发生，6月至10月发病率更高。大多数事件发生在城市地区，涉及男性，受害者年龄在20至39岁之间。受害者主要被蜇伤头部和手部，受伤后大多在3小时内接受医疗救治。局部表现比全身表现更常见。临床上，大多数病例症状轻微并逐渐治愈。
大量的蜜蜂蜇伤病例表明，北里奥格兰德州可能是此类伤害的一个重要风险地区。
