ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017
A Large Outbreak of Thiamine Deficiency Among Illegal Gold Miners in French Guiana.
Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Pattern, causes and functional outcome of peripheral neuropathies in the Amazon region.PloS one · 2024Observational
- Social determinants of health among people working on informal gold mines in French Guiana: a multicentre cross-sectional survey.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- [Overview of infectious and non-infectious diseases in French Guiana in 2022].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2023Review
- Contrasted life trajectories: reconstituting the main population exposomes in French Guiana.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Modeling thiamine fortification: a case study from Kuria atoll, Republic of Kiribati.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2021Article
- Vitamins and Minerals for Energy, Fatigue and Cognition: A Narrative Review of the Biochemical and Clinical Evidence.Nutrients · 2020Review
- Renouncing care in French Guiana: the national health barometer survey.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Thiamine deficiency disorders: diagnosis, prevalence, and a roadmap for global control programs.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2018Article
- Illegal gold miners in French Guiana: a neglected population with poor health.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Poverty and Arbovirus Outbreaks: When Chikungunya Virus Hits More Precarious Populations Than Dengue Virus in French Guiana.Open forum infectious diseases · 2017Article
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Abstract
From September 2013 to July 2014, several gold miners working in the tropical forest consulted the Maripasoula Health Center in French Guiana for edema and findings consistent with right-sided cardiac failure. Of the 42 cases of beriberi that were diagnosed, one patient died. The laboratory and clinical investigation demonstrated vitamin B1 deficiency in most of the patients tested. Furthermore, 30 of 42 patients responded favorably to 500 mg of intravenous or intramuscular thiamine supplementation. In addition, dietary investigation showed insufficient thiamine intake in these patients. We concluded that patients had acquired beriberi because of diet restrictions, hard labor, and infectious diseases, notably malaria. In 2016, cases were still being reported. We recommend screening for compatible symptoms in gold miners, thiamine supplementation, and nutritional intervention.
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