Borges Adolfo, Caballero Camilo, Rojas de Arias Antonieta, Smith Paul, Owen Matthew, Nishi Aya, Maluff Yasmine, Wieczorko Tatiana
Universidad Americana, Asunción, Paraguay; Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica, Asunción, 1255, Paraguay; Instituto de Medicina Experimental, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, 50587, Venezuela.
Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica, Asunción, 1255, Paraguay.
Toxicon. 2025 Sep;264:108456. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2025.108456. Epub 2025 Jun 11.
We report the first record of the medically important scorpion Tityus carrilloi in Paraguay, from the metropolitan area of Encarnación, Itapúa Department, near the Argentine border. Known for causing severe and fatal envenomings across northern Argentina, the presence of this species in southeastern Paraguay highlights the risk of cross-border dispersion. Along with the regional spread of the Brazilian Tityus serrulatus, this finding has significant epidemiological implications and underscores the urgent need for improved surveillance, diagnostics, and coordinated public health responses in Paraguay and neighboring countries, within the evolving landscape of scorpionism in southern South America.
我们报告了具有医学重要性的卡里略蒂氏肥尾蝎在巴拉圭的首次记录，该记录来自伊塔普阿省恩卡纳西翁市的大都市区，靠近阿根廷边境。该物种在阿根廷北部以造成严重和致命的中毒事件而闻名，其在巴拉圭东南部的出现凸显了跨境扩散的风险。随着巴西锯齿脂鲤在该地区的传播，这一发现具有重大的流行病学意义，并强调在南美洲南部蝎蜇伤情况不断变化的背景下，巴拉圭及周边国家迫切需要加强监测、诊断并协调公共卫生应对措施。
