ArticleInternational journal of dermatology2019
American cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: an epidemiological update and study of environmental risk factors.
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Investigation of an Outbreak Situation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among Military Personnel in French Guiana (CEFELEISH)
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of Leishmania species, vectors and reservoirs.Parasites & vectors · 2024Pooled it
- Environmental and socioeconomic risk factors associated with visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic review.Parasitology research · 2020Pooled it
- Travel history and occupation among diagnosed Cutaneous Leishmaniasis cases in Guyana: A multi-site retrospective case series, 2017-2021.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Infectious adverse events in patients treated with biotherapies in a tropical Amazonian context, French Guiana.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Psychosocial vulnerability of people working in informal gold mines in French Guiana: a multicentric cross-sectional survey in 2024-2025.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Residential environment, human behavior and socio-economic status in transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Brazilian Gold Miners Working Irregularly in French Guiana: Health Status and Risk Determinants.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Clinical and parasitological features of Leishmania infection among gold miners in the Oiapoque basin, an international Brazil-French Guiana border.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Occupational exposure to malaria, leishmaniasis and arbovirus vectors in endemic regions: A systematic review.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2024Review
- Updated estimation of cutaneous leishmaniasis incubation period in French Guiana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- [Overview of infectious and non-infectious diseases in French Guiana in 2022].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2023Review
- Clinical and immunological spectra of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Africa and French Guiana.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Leishmaniasis epidemiology in endemic areas of metropolitan France and its overseas territories from 1998 to 2020.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Spectrum of skin diseases in Maroon villages of the Maroni area, French Guiana.International journal of dermatology · 2022Article
- Zoonoses and gold mining: A cross-sectional study to assess yellow fever immunization, Q fever, leptospirosis and leishmaniasis among the population working on illegal mining camps in French Guiana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Spatial variations in Leishmaniasis: A biogeographic approach to mapping the distribution ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
- Outbreak of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among military personnel in French Guiana, 2020: Clinical, phylogenetic, individual and environmental aspects.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Perceptions about malaria among Brazilian gold miners in an Amazonian border area: perspectives for malaria elimination strategies.Malaria journal · 2021Article
- Validation of Swab Sampling and SYBR Green-Based Real-Time PCR for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in French Guiana.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2021Article
- First Report of Canine Infection byInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAmerican cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is endemic in French Guiana. Its epidemiology is evolving, notably because of immigration, anthropization of natural areas, and new microbiological methods. Our first objective was to update epidemiological data. Our second objective was to look for risk factors of ACL.
methodsThis multicentric study was conducted from October 2017 to June 2018 in French Guiana. Patients with suspicion of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis were included in case of positive smear, culture, or PCR-RFLP on skin biopsy.
resultsOne hundred and twenty-three patients met the inclusion criteria. Among those patients, 59.3% were Brazilian, mostly gold miners. Most of them (58%) were between 16 and 40 years old, and 69% were male. A large proportion of patients lived in traditional wooden houses (51%). Patients living in coastal towns were usually infected during trips to the primary forest (60%) and had a shorter time to diagnosis than workers of the hinterland. Among environmental risk factors, the presence of a water spring (40%) and dogs around houses (40%) were frequently reported. Leishmania guyanensis represented 80% of cases, followed by Leishmania braziliensis (6%), Leishmania naiffi (2%), and Leishmania amazonensis (1%).
conclusionsGold mining and trips to the primary forest represent high-risk situations for ACL in French Guiana, where the population of infected patients is dominated by Brazilian immigrants. Possible environmental risk factors such as the presence of dogs, water sources, and traditional wooden houses require further investigation.
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