Malaria Hyperendemicity and Risk for Artemisinin Resistance among ă Illegal Gold Miners, French Guiana
- Nacher, Mathieu
- Briolant, Sebastien
- Santi, Vincent Pommier,
- Djossou, Félix
- Barthes, Nicolas
- Bogreau, Herve
- Hyvert, Georges
- Nguyen, Christophe
- Pelleau, ă Stephane
- Legrand, Eric
- Musset, Lise
Publication date
May 2016
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
International audienceTo assess the prevalence of malaria among illegal gold miners in the ă French Guiana rainforest, we screened 205 miners during May-June 2014. ă Malaria prevalence was 48.3%; 48.5% of cases were asymptomatic. ă Patients reported self-medication with artemisinin-based combination ă therapy. Risk for emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance among ă gold miners in the rainforest is high
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