title: [Cutaneous leishmaniases in French Guiana].
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.
authors.affiliation: Equipe EA 3593, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Campus Saint-Denis, BP717, 97336 Cayenne, Guyane. rotureaubrice@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rotureau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Couppié
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nacher
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dedet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carme
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D017753:Ecosystem; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology*