Acidentes por serpentes peçonhentas no período de 2001-2010 no município de Trindade-GO

Abstract

Snakes are reptiles of paramount importance to ecological balance, these animals because they are some venomous, arouse curiosity and fascination in people. This study aimed to evaluate the rates of snakebites reported in the city of Goiás Trinity in the period January 2001 to December 2010. According to the data obtained were 60 reported snakebites, most of them in the months of January, March and April. Of the 60 reported cases, 44 were caused by Bothrops and 78% of accidents involving male victims, aged between 20 to 29 years where the anatomical regions most affected were the lower limbs, resulting in a prevalence of 42% cases occurred in rural areas, due to agropastoral activities performed by field workers.