Investigation of a possible malaria epidemic in an illegal gold mine in French Guiana: an original approach in the remote Amazonian forest

Investigation of a possible malaria epidemic in an illegal gold mine in French Guiana: an original approach in the remote Amazonian forest

Abstract Background In April 2017, Suriname’s Ministry of Health alerted French Guiana’s Regional Health Agency (RHA) about an increase of imported malaria cases among people coming from an illegal gold mining site called Sophie, in French Guiana, a French overseas territory located in the Amazonian...

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Main Authors: Maylis Douine, Alice Sanna, Helene Hiwat, Sébastien Briolant, Mathieu Nacher, Didier Belleoud, François Michel Le Tourneau, Hervé Bogreau, Franck De Laval
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Outbreak
Gold mining
Guiana Shield
Amazonia
Investigation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2721-2

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