Prevalence of Plasmodium spp. in illegal gold miners in French Guiana in 2015: a hidden but critical malaria reservoir

BACKGROUND: Malaria is endemic in French Guiana, an overseas territory of France on the Guiana Shield. Since 2005, notified malaria cases are decreasing. However, new data show that malaria affects many Brazilian gold miners working illegally in French Guiana, the majority of whom are not counted in...

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Published in:Malar J
Main Authors: Douine, Maylis, Musset, Lise, Corlin, Florine, Pelleau, Stéphane, Pasquier, Jérémie, Mutricy, Louise, Adenis, Antoine, Djossou, Felix, Brousse, Paul, Perotti, Frédérique, Hiwat, Helene, Vreden, Stephen, Demar, Magalie, Nacher, Mathieu
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899929/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27277831
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1367-6
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