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DE SOUSA, LEONARDO et al. MORBIDITY DUE TO CONTACT WITH ANIMALS IN VENEZUELA (2005-2009). Saber [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.4, pp.865-871. ISSN 1315-0162.

In Venezuela, between 2004 and 2009, morbidity records taken from Chapter XX of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), refer to three categories of traumatic animal injuries:  a)  exposure  to  animated  mechanical  forces  (bites),  shown  as  suspicious  rabies  bites  (code  A82;  not with  the  codes  proposed  in  this  study  from  W53  to  W59),  b)  insect  and  other  arthropod  bites  encompassing codes from X21 to X25 plus X27, and  c) registered "poisoning"  by snakebite (codes X20 and W59). In total, 674,554 accidents were recorded as produced from contact with animals. The highest frequency was caused by suspected  rabies  bites  (362,556;  53.7%)  followed  by  insect  and  other  arthropod  bites  (279,909;  41.5%),  and snakebites  (32,089;  4.8%).  The  highest  frequency  of  all  accidents  (n  =  160,793;  23.8%)  for  the  period corresponded to 2006, including suspected rabies bites (n = 85,796) and bites by insects and other arthropods (n = 68,075). The highest number of snakebite accidents (10,349) was observed in 2006. Median morbidity rates (per  100,000  inhabitants,  calculated  for  the  period  2005-2009  by  the  Hodges  and  Lehmann  method)  were 257.84 cases for suspected rabies bites, 201.89 cases for bites by insects and other arthropods, and 22.71 cases for snakebite accidents. Statistically significant differences between the three etiological causes were observed. The  median  encompassing  all  causes  of  contact  with  animals  in  Venezuela  was  483.51  cases  per  100,000 inhabitants.  The  data  show  that  the  external  causes  involving  contact  with  animals  in  Venezuela  represent  a collective health problem in the country.

Palavras-chave : Neglected  diseases; epidemiology; suspected  rabies  bites; stings  by  insects/other  arthropods; scorpionism; ophidism.

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