Animal-Encounter Fatalities, United States, 1999-2016: Cause of Death and Misreporting.

Objectives: Errors and misreporting on death certificates are common, along with potential inaccuracies in cause-of-death coding. We characterized and compared fatalities by animal-encounter mentions reported as underlying cause of death (UCD) with animal-encounter mentions reported as multiple cause of death (MCD) to determine factors associated with misreporting UCD.

Methods: We analyzed fatality data from 1999-2016 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research by UCD and MCD animal-encounter mentions ( codes W53-59, X20-27 and X29, T63.

Snakebite during pregnancy: a literature review.

Objective: To review reported bites by venomous snakes in pregnant women.

Methods: This is a review of Medline/PubMed articles on venomous snakebites occurring during pregnancy reported in the English literature from 1966 to May 2009.

Results: Two hundred thirteen venomous snakebites were reported in pregnant women.

Risk factors associated with fatal animal-vehicle collisions in the United States, 1995-2004.

Objective: Animal-vehicle collisions are a significant public health concern in the United States. The annual economic cost currently exceeds $1 billion from injuries and property damage. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evaluated nonfatal injuries from animal-vehicle collisions, but information on fatal animal-vehicle collisions is limited.

A review of venomous animal bites and stings in pregnant patients.

This is a review of Medline and PubMed articles on venomous animal bites and stings during pregnancy reported in English literature from 1966 to 2002. Eighty-five venomous snakebites were reported in pregnant women. Although there are frequent anecdotal reports of scorpion stings in pregnant women, few case reports are documented.