| [importance of a regional observatory of malarial chemoresistance, an emerging public health problem in the guyanas region]. | a regular implementation of prophylactic and therapeutic decision trees was organized on a consensus basis in cayenne, french guiana in 1990, 1995 and 2002. the updated recommendations were based on the knowledge of the in vitro chemosensitivity profiles of the local isolates, mainly coming from big rivers (maroni and oyapock, frontiers with suriname and brazil, respectively; and more recently approuague). most of the patients infected by plasmodium falciparum were followed by the medical staff ... | 2009 | 19739416 |
| substantial increase of malaria in inland areas of eastern french guiana. | this study includes malaria cases diagnosed by the parasitology unit of the cayenne hospital (french guiana) using the same procedure from 1996 to 2003. we provide data for two main rural communities in slightly inland areas of eastern french guiana (cacao, regina) and for cayenne, the capital of this french department. the frequency of bouts of malaria has been increasing rapidly since mid-2001, in these regions that were virtually considered to be malaria-free. this substantial increase of mal ... | 2005 | 15679558 |