Factors associated with scorpion stings in schoolchildren: cross-sectional study from two rural communities of Guerrero, Mexico
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Abstract
Background: Scorpion stings represent a public health problem in Latin America and North America. The aim of this study was to identify species of medical importance, as well as to estimate the frequency of scorpion sting and the associated risk and protective factors in schoolchildren. Methods: Cross-sectional study in two rural communities in the Mexican state of Guerrero, in two phases: an entomological study that estimated the scorpion density and overcrowding index; a survey to document housing characteristics, poultry ownership, and history of scorpion sting in schoolchildren. Adjusted odds ratio (ORa) was used as a measure of association with scorpion sting in a multivariate analysis. Results: The species of medical importance were Centruroides limpidus and Centruroides balsasensis. Twelve percent (171/1,437) of school children reported scorpion sting in the last six months, of whom seven out of ten required medical care. Four factors were associated with the report of scorpion sting: having ducks in the dwelling (ORa: 1.98; CI 95%: 1.2-4.29), lack of cleanliness in the dwelling (ORa: 1.84; CI 95%: 1.02-4.16), farming as an occupation (ORa: 1.53; CI 95%: 1.13-2.46) and dwelling with uncovered infrastructure of the roof, those made of wood/iron sheet or cardboard (ORa: 1.42; CI 95%: 1.04-2.18). Conclusions: The most relevant species was Centruroides limpidus. Two factors might be particularly relevant to prevention: improvement of household roofing material and attention to housekeeping.
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Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".