Investigation of a sudden malaria outbreak in the isolated Amazonian Village of Saül, French Guiana, January-April 2009

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-597

  Berger, Franck ^a   Flamand, Claude ^b   Musset, Lise ^a   Djossou, Félix ^c   Rosine, Jacques ^d,e   Sanquer, Marie Anne ^f   Dusfour, Isabelle ^a   Legrand, Eric ^a   Ardillon, Vanessa ^b   Rabarison, Patrick ^g   Grenier, Claire ^h   Girod, Romain ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^b Cellule Interrégionale d'Épidémiologie Antilles Guyane   (French Guiana)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^d Cellule Interrégionale d'Épidémiologie   (French Guiana)

^e AGORA ZAC de l'Étang Z'abricot Pointe des Grives   (France)

^f Regional Health Agency Agence régionale de santé Guyane   (French Guiana)

^g Université de Guyane   (French Guiana)

^h Croix Rouge Française Centre Prévention Santé   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; HALOFANTRINE; INSECTICIDE; QUINIMAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANOPHELES DARLINGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84860524732     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0582     Document Type: Article

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