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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Publié dans:Emerg Infect Dis
Auteurs principaux: Pommier de Santi, Vincent, Djossou, Félix, Barthes, Nicolas, Bogreau, Hervé, Hyvert, Georges, Nguyen, Christophe, Pelleau, Stéphane, Legrand, Eric, Musset, Lise, Nacher, Mathieu, Briolant, Sébastien
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861531/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089004
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151957
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