ArticlePloS one2019
Selected to survive and kill: Tityus serrulatus, the Brazilian yellow scorpion.
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- Scorpion Envenoming as an Emerging Public Health Problem in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Midwest Brazil: Involvement of Tityus confluens and the Need for a Panregional Evaluation of Available Antivenoms.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Understanding the complexity ofThe journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2024Review
- Scorpion envenomation in Brazil: Current scenario and perspectives for containing an increasing health problem.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Review
- The nociceptive response induced by different classes of Tityus serrulatus neurotoxins: The important role of Ts5 in venom-induced nociception.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Voracity, reaction to stings, and survival of domestic hens when feeding on the yellow scorpion (The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Temporal trend and epidemiological profile of accidents involving venomous animals in Brazil, 2007-2019.Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil · 2022Article
- Scorpion envenomation in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: Spatiotemporal analysis of a growing public health concern.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
Annually, more than 1.2 million scorpion stings and more than 3,000 deaths occur worldwide. Tityus serrulatus Lutz and Mello, 1922 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) is the most medically relevant species in Brazil where it is spreading rapidly and causing over 90,000 cases of envenomation yearly. We monitored T. serrulatus longevity and ability to reproduce under conditions of food and/or water deprivation. We found that T. serrulatus is highly tolerant to food deprivation, with individuals enduring up to 400 days without food. On the other hand, access to water played a pivotal role in T. serrulatus survival. Food and water deprived scorpions showed weight reduction. Reproduction occurred throughout the year for food-deprived scorpions and controls, but not in the water-deprived groups. Remarkably, food-deprived animals were able to give birth after 209 days of starvation. Tityus serrulatus resistance to food and water deprivation is likely to be an additional factor underlying this species' geographic expansion and the difficulties encountered in controlling it.
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