Malaria Hyperendemicity and Risk for Artemisinin Resistance among Illegal Gold Miners, French Guiana

Malaria Hyperendemicity and Risk for Artemisinin Resistance among Illegal Gold Miners, French Guiana

To assess the prevalence of malaria among illegal gold miners in the French Guiana rainforest, we screened 205 miners during May–June 2014. Malaria prevalence was 48.3%; 48.5% of cases were asymptomatic. Patients reported self-medication with artemisinin-based combination therapy. Risk for emergence...

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Main Authors: Vincent Pommier de Santi, Félix Djossou, Nicolas Barthes, Hervé Bogreau, Georges Hyvert, Christophe Nguyen, Stéphane Pelleau, Eric Legrand, Lise Musset, Antoine Adenis, Sébastien Briolant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
malaria
French Guiana
illegal gold mining
hyperendemicity
epidemiology
vector-borne infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/15-1957_article

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