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Malaria Hyperendemicity and Risk for Artemisinin Resistance among Illegal Gold Miners, French Guiana
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 5, Pp 903-906 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016.
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Abstract
- 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 and spread of artemisinin resistance among gold miners in the rainforest is high.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9fd52c743554e9994488dbf4fbf8852
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151957