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. 2025 Jun 3:13:1603857.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1603857. eCollection 2025.

Scorpionism: a neglected tropical disease with global public health implications

Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez  1 , Harold Alexander-León  2   3 , María de Lourdes Noboa-Lasso  4 , Juan S Izquierdo-Condoy  1 , Emilia Puente-Villamarín  1 , Esteban Ortiz-Prado  1
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Scorpionism: a neglected tropical disease with global public health implications

Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez et al. Front Public Health. .
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Keywords: global health; neglected tropical disease; public health; scorpion stings; scorpionism.

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