Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana

Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana

In a climate of growing concern that Plasmodium falciparum may be developing a drug resistance to artemisinin derivatives in the Guiana Shield, this review details our current knowledge of malaria and control strategy in one part of the Shield, French Guiana. Local epidemiology, test-treat-track str...

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Main Authors: Lise Musset, Stéphane Pelleau, Romain Girod, Vanessa Ardillon, Luisiane Carvalho, Isabelle Dusfour, Margarete SM Gomes, Félix Djossou, Eric Legrand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
malaria
French Guiana
drug resistance
epidemiology
vector control
control strategy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000500525&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-1d7f78e8dfac4cc59646e3373aff05bf2020-11-24T21:04:42ZengInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da SaúdeMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.1678-80602014-08-01109552553310.1590/0074-0276140031S0074-02762014000500525Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French GuianaLise MussetStéphane PelleauRomain GirodVanessa ArdillonLuisiane CarvalhoIsabelle DusfourMargarete SM GomesFélix DjossouEric LegrandIn a climate of growing concern that Plasmodium falciparum may be developing a drug resistance to artemisinin derivatives in the Guiana Shield, this review details our current knowledge of malaria and control strategy in one part of the Shield, French Guiana. Local epidemiology, test-treat-track strategy, the state of parasite drug resistance and vector control measures are summarised. Current issues in terms of mobile populations and legislative limitations are also discussed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000500525&lng=en&tlng=enmalariaFrench Guianadrug resistanceepidemiologyvector controlcontrol strategy
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author Lise Musset
Stéphane Pelleau
Romain Girod
Vanessa Ardillon
Luisiane Carvalho
Isabelle Dusfour
Margarete SM Gomes
Félix Djossou
Eric Legrand
spellingShingle Lise Musset
Stéphane Pelleau
Romain Girod
Vanessa Ardillon
Luisiane Carvalho
Isabelle Dusfour
Margarete SM Gomes
Félix Djossou
Eric Legrand
Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
malaria
French Guiana
drug resistance
epidemiology
vector control
control strategy
author_facet Lise Musset
Stéphane Pelleau
Romain Girod
Vanessa Ardillon
Luisiane Carvalho
Isabelle Dusfour
Margarete SM Gomes
Félix Djossou
Eric Legrand
author_sort Lise Musset
title Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana
title_short Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana
title_full Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana
title_fullStr Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana
title_full_unstemmed Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana
title_sort malaria on the guiana shield: a review of the situation in french guiana
publisher Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
series Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
issn 1678-8060
publishDate 2014-08-01
description In a climate of growing concern that Plasmodium falciparum may be developing a drug resistance to artemisinin derivatives in the Guiana Shield, this review details our current knowledge of malaria and control strategy in one part of the Shield, French Guiana. Local epidemiology, test-treat-track strategy, the state of parasite drug resistance and vector control measures are summarised. Current issues in terms of mobile populations and legislative limitations are also discussed.
topic malaria
French Guiana
drug resistance
epidemiology
vector control
control strategy
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000500525&lng=en&tlng=en
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