Epidemiological and entomological studies of a malaria outbreak among French armed forces deployed at illegal gold mining sites reveal new aspects of the disease’s transmission in French Guiana

BACKGROUND: In December 2010, a Plasmodium vivax malaria outbreak occurred among French forces involved in a mission to control illegal gold mining in French Guiana. The findings of epidemiological and entomological investigations conducted after this outbreak are presented here. METHODS: Data relat...

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Autores principales: de Santi, Vincent Pommier, Girod, Romain, Mura, Marie, Dia, Aissata, Briolant, Sébastien, Djossou, Félix, Dusfour, Isabelle, Mendibil, Alexandre, Simon, Fabrice, Deparis, Xavier, Pagès, Frédéric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1088-x

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