Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana.

Lise Musset (1, 2, 3, 4) , Stéphane Pelleau (1, 4, 3, 2) , Romain Girod (2, 5) , Vanessa Ardillon (6) , Luisiane Carvalho (6) , Isabelle Dusfour (2) , Margarete Sm Gomes (7) , Félix Djossou (8) , Eric Legrand (1, 4, 3, 2)

1 CNR - laboratoire associé - Centre National de Référence du Paludisme [Cayenne, Guyane française]
2 Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
3 CCOMS - Centre Collaborateur OMS pour la surveillance de la résistance aux antipaludiques [Cayenne, Guyane française]
4 Laboratoire de Parasitologie [Cayenne, Guyane française]
5 Vectopôle Amazonien Emile Abonnenc [Cayenne, Guyane française]
6 Cellule Interrégionale d'Epidémiologie Antilles-Guyane
7 Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Amapa
8 UMIT - Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales

In a climate of growing concern that Plasmodium falciparum may be developing a drug resistance to artemisinin derivatives in the Guiana Shield, this review details our current knowledge of malaria and control strategy in one part of the Shield, French Guiana. Local epidemiology, test-treat-track strategy, the state of parasite drug resistance and vector control measures are summarised. Current issues in terms of mobile populations and legislative limitations are also discussed.

Keywords: control strategy; vector control; epidemiology; drug resistance; malaria; French Guiana

Domains: Parasitology; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Lise Musset, Stéphane Pelleau, Romain Girod, Vanessa Ardillon, Luisiane Carvalho, et al.. Malaria on the Guiana Shield: a review of the situation in French Guiana.. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014, 109 (5), pp.525. ⟨10.1590/0074-0276140031⟩. ⟨pasteur-01109689⟩