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Revista de Salud Pública

versión impresa ISSN 0124-0064

Resumen

LEON-NUNEZ, Leonardo J.; CAMERO-RAMOS, Gabriel  y  GUTIERREZ, José M.. Epidemiology of snakebites in Colombia (2008-2016). Rev. salud pública [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.3, pp.280-287.  Epub 17-Sep-2020. ISSN 0124-0064.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v22n3.87005.

Objective

To describe the main epidemiological features of snakebites in Colombia during the period 2008 to 2016.

Methods

A retrospective (quantitative) descriptive analytical empirical study was carried out, based on the official databases of the Public Health Surveillance in the Integral Information System of the Social Protection (SISPRO) and the Surveillance System in Public Health (Sivigila) of the reported cases of snakebites in Colombia for that period.

Results

In total, 37 066 cases were reported, with annual incidences ranging from 7.0 (2008) to 9.7 (2011 and 2012) cases per 100,000 population. Mortality rates ranged from 0.059 (2013) to 0.091 (2011) deaths per 100 000 population, with case fatality rates ranging from 0.6% (2013) to 1.0% (2010). Indigenous and Afro-Colombian populations were highly affected, and highest incidences occurred in males, and in people living in rural areas. The average age of affected people is 31.7 years (95% CI 28.3 34.5). The regions with higher incidence are Amazonia and Orinoquia. Species of the genus Bothrops are responsible for the highest number of bites (64.5%), owing to their wide distribution in Colombia. Regarding clinical manifestations, pain and edema were observed in 86.9% and 78.8% of patients, respectively. Cellulitis and abscesses were the most frequent local complications of these envenomings.

Conclusions

Results underscore the relevance of snakebite envenoming in Colombia, and provide information for improving the public health attention to these envenoming.

Palabras clave : Snakebite envenoming; Colombia; epidemiology; incidence; mortality; bothrops (source:MeSH, NLM).

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