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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Autores principales: Pommier de Santi, Vincent, Djossou, Félix, Barthes, Nicolas, Bogreau, Hervé, Hyvert, Georges, Nguyen, Christophe, Pelleau, Stéphane, Legrand, Eric, Musset, Lise, Nacher, Mathieu, Briolant, Sébastien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151957

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