Ocular Lesions Other Than Stings Following Yellow-Legged Hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) Projections, as Reported to French Poison Control Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Since the accidental introduction of the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in France in 2004, there have been reports of this insect unexpectedly projecting a liquid toward the human face, but ocular morbidity associated with this is unknown, to our knowledge.

Objective

To describe a case series of ocular lesions after exposure to a liquid projection emitted by a hornet.

Design, setting, and participants

This was an analysis of all cases of ocular exposure to a projection by a yellow-legged hornet (excluding stings in the eye) collected by French poison control centers between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Symptoms were evaluated, and a fluorescein eye stain test was used.

Results

Twenty-nin

SUBMITTER: Laborde-Casterot H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7662492 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature