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B Rotureau1, P Couppié, M Nacher
1Equipe EA 3593, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Campus Saint-Denis, BP717, 97336 Cayenne, Guyane. rotureaubrice@yahoo.fr
Abstract:
Cutaneous leishmaniases are endemic over the entire territory of French Guiana. At least 5 distinct Leishmania species coexist in the sylvatic ecotopes of this French territory. The present paper checks the advances in the ecological research field during the past 5 years. The current epidemiological situation and trends are detailed successively Links between the recrudescence of leishmaniases and gold-mining are highlighted. The potential adaptation of the pathogenic complexes to the newly anthropized habitats is also described.
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