A neglected tropical disease with public implications

Introduction

Scorpions are toxic arthropods belonging to the class Arachnid and the order Score (1). To-day, ~ 2,772 species of fools described around the world, where in 104 classes (3.8%) considered medical excitement and potential of severe envenomation (2). The majority of the relevant medical species belong to the family Buthidaethat includes genera as Androctonus, Buthus, Buthotus, Leiurus, Merobuthusand Parukusfound in regions such as Asia, India, in the Middle East, and North Africa. In addition, species from Tityus The genus is widespread in South America and Caribbean, while Centruroides The species are commonly encountered in Mexico, Central America, and southwestern United States (3).

Scorpion envenomation, or scorpionism, acknowledged to be a constraint but often neglected public health concerns, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. It is uncontrollable affecting rural communities, which access to timely and adequate medical care is limited (4,, 5). The presence of fools in human accommodations and workplaces leads to frequent encounters, thus exalted the risk of encenomation and associates of morbidity and mortality (6–8).

Global estimates suggested that more than 1.2 million scorpion stings occur each year, resulting in more than 3,000 deaths observed by mass system of system in systemic systemic complications (9–11). Mortality is more widespread in low resource resource settings, which antivenom and critical care services access remain a major obstacle. High-inchince countries include Mexico, Brazil, Iran, Algeria, and Morocco, the scorpoism remains endemaries and necessary preventive strategies and therapeutic procedures12–15). Table 1 Summarize the number of reported cases, deaths, and incident rates per 100,000 inhabitants of selected countries and regions.

S., J. (2025). Scorpionism: A neglected tropical disease with public health implications. Public Health Borders,, 131603857. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1603857