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Made in Europe: will artemisinin resistance emerge in French Guiana?

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Resistance to artemisinin casts a shadow on the fight against malaria. The importance of illegal gold miners and of malaria in isolated regions of French Guiana constitutes a threat that endangers the fight against malaria in the Amazon. The hurdles of French laws and the remoteness of the territory from France make it impossible for the system to adapt to the problem of total inaccessibility of an important part of the malaria problem. Transmission is high in these areas and gold miners self...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/1475-2875-12-152

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University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Role:
Author
Publisher:
BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
Malar J Journal website
Volume:
12
Issue:
1
Article number:
152
Publication date:
2013-01-01
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EISSN:
1475-2875
ISSN:
1475-2875
Language:
English
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uuid:8b3d6157-f206-4198-9b38-63073118373a
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pubs:401812
Source identifiers:
401812
Deposit date:
2013-11-17

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