Resumenes del II Taller Venezolano - Los escorpiones y sus toxinas - Imunologia, Clinica y tratamiento. Coordinated by Professor Leonardo De Sousa in Maremares Resort, Puerto La Cruz, November 27 to 29, 1997.

1-The biology of Buthidae scorpions of the genus Tityus. A major cause of envenoming in Northeastern Venezuela

2-The lastest advances in the systematics of Tityus genus in Venezuela

3-Scorpions of Tityus genus Koch, 1836 (Scorpionida: Buthidae) in the Lara State, Venezuela. Taxonomy and distribution

4-Ecological studies on the scorpions of the central tract of the costa mountain range in Aragua State, Venezuela

5-The activation of the blood clotting cascade by Tityus discrepans venom and its role in the genesis of acute lung edema

6-The purification of Tityus ivic-nancor venom and the characterization of the effect of the scorpion venoms of the Tityus genus on rat pancreatic preparations

7-Effects of formalinization on the immunopharmacological characteristics of the venom of the Tityus scorpions and cross reactivity between these venoms

8-The proposal of a new endemic macroregion for scorpionism in Venezuela

9-Scorpion envenomation in Lara State, Venezuela: A historical perspective

10-New epidemiological and clinical data on scorpion envenomation in the central North region of Venezuela

11-The prognostic value of plasmatic levels of cholinesterase and the clinical-epidemiological profile of pediatric patients envenomed by Tityus discrepans admitted to the Los Tenques General Hospital, Miranda State, Venezuela

12-Partial results of possible late electrocardiographic disturbances in scorpion-envenomed patients in El Limon de Quiriquire, Monagas State, Venezuela

13-Epidemiology, practice, and treatment of scorpion envenomation in Mexico

14-First aids in scorpionic envenomation: A proposal based on the Australian experience with ophidian envenomation

15-The program for controlling the scorpion Tityus serrulatus, Lutz and Mello, 1922, in Aparecida, São Paulo State, Brazil (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

16-Goals of the Civil Association Isabel Cecilia Itriago Viso in the fight against scorpionism