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

Maylis Douine | Zendy; Yassamine Lazrek | Zendy; Denis Blanchet | Zendy; Stéphane Pelleau | Zendy; R Chanlin | Zendy; Florine Corlin | Zendy; Louise Hureau | Zendy; Béatrice Volney | Zendy; Hélène Hiwat | Zendy; Stephen Vreden | Zendy; Félix Djossou | Zendy; Magalie Demar | Zendy; Mathieu Nacher | Zendy; L. Musset | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Maylis Douine,

Yassamine Lazrek,

Denis Blanchet,

Stéphane Pelleau,

R Chanlin,

Florine Corlin,

Louise Hureau,

Béatrice Volney,

Hélène Hiwat,

Stephen Vreden,

Félix Djossou,

Magalie Demar,

Mathieu Nacher,

L. Musset

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkx343

Subject(s) - artemisinin , malaria , drug resistance , medicine , resistance (ecology) , plasmodium falciparum , self medication , traditional medicine , pharmacology , biology , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , ecology

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 (22.3% of them carried Plasmodium spp.). Self-medication seems to be very common, but its modalities and associated factors have not been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate parasite susceptibility to drugs and to document behaviours that could contribute to resistance selection in illegal gold miners.

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