Predictors of antimalarial self-medication in illegal gold miners in French Guiana: a pathway towards artemisinin resistance

M Douine, Y Lazrek, D Blanchet… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Malaria is endemic in French Guiana (FG), South America. Despite the
decrease in cases in the local population, illegal gold miners are very affected by malaria …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria hyperendemicity and risk for artemisinin resistance among illegal gold miners, French Guiana

VP de Santi, F Djossou, N Barthes… - Emerging infectious …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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%; …

Malakit: an innovative pilot project to self-diagnose and self-treat malaria among illegal gold miners in the Guiana Shield

M Douine, A Sanna, M Galindo, L Musset… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Background Illegal gold miners in French Guiana, a French overseas territory
('département') located in Amazonia, often carry malaria parasites (up to 46.8%). While the …

Self-diagnosis and self-treatment of malaria in hard-to-reach and mobile populations of the Amazon: results of Malakit, an international multicentric intervention …

M Douine, Y Lambert, MS Galindo, L Mutricy… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
abstract Background: Illegal gold miners are currently key hosts for malaria in French
Guiana (FG), with a risk of emergence of resistance linked to improper use of artemisinin …

Prevalence, patterns and predictors of self-medication with anti-malarial drugs among Cameroonian mothers during a recent illness episode

LPF Kojom, AA Ntoumba, HN Nyabeyeu… - Journal of Medical and …, 2018 - ajol.info
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended as treatment of choice
for malaria. Although the resistance to artemisinin and its derivatives has not yet been …

Continued Sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to Artemisinin in Guyana, With Absence of Kelch Propeller Domain Mutant Alleles

R Rahman, MJS Martin, S Persaud… - Open Forum …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Because of concerns about possible emergence of artemisinin resistance strains of
Plasmodium falciparum in mining areas of the interior of Guyana, a 7-day artesunate trial …

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

M Douine, A Sanna, H Hiwat, S Briolant, M Nacher… - Malaria journal, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Were medicine quality and pharmaceutical management contributing factors in diminishing artemisinin efficacy in Guyana and Suriname?

VS Pribluda, L Evans, E Barillas, J Marmion, P Lukulay… - Malaria Journal, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Recent studies in Guyana and Suriname unveiled diminished efficacy
of artemisinin derivatives based on day-3 parasitaemia. The migrant characteristics of the …

Made in Europe: will artemisinin resistance emerge in French Guiana?

M Nacher, PJ Guérin, M Demar-Pierre, F Djossou… - Malaria journal, 2013 - Springer
Resistance to artemisinin casts a shadow on the fight against malaria. Theimportance of
illegal gold miners and of malaria in isolated regions of FrenchGuiana constitutes a threat …

[HTML][HTML] Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers coming from Angola and Mozambique

A Silva-Pinto, J Domingos, M Cardoso, A Reis… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The failure of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) in malaria patients returning from
endemic regions may be driven by parasite resistance to this treatment. ACT is used globally …