title: Evolution of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among the French armed forces in French Guiana.
abstract: Two cross-sectional studies were performed 2 years apart in French military personnel deployed from France to French Guiana. In 2011, military medical centres in French Guiana reported 40 cases of intestinal parasitism in service members returning from illegal gold mining sites in the rainforest. In 2013, 48 out of 132 service members returning from French Guiana after a 4-month mission had eosinophilia and seven were infected with hookworm. A presumptive first-line treatment with albendazole could be the most pragmatic strategy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, 34, bd Laveran - CS 50004, Marseille 13384, France jako.christen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jacques-Robert
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Christen
authors.affiliation: Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France French Armed Forces Medical Health Service, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.affiliation: French Armed Forces Medical Health Service, Carcassonne, France.
authors.forename: Gwenaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roudaut
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Biology, Institut Pasteur in French Guiana, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Anne-Sophie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Drogoul
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Andrée Rosemon Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Magalie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demar
authors.affiliation: Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France French Armed Forces Medical Health Service, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Briolant
authors.affiliation: Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Marseille, France French Military Health Service Academy, Ecole du Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garnotel
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, 34, bd Laveran - CS 50004, Marseille 13384, France French Military Health Service Academy, Ecole du Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.affiliation: French Armed Forces Medical Health Service, Cayenne, French Guiana French Armed Forces Center for Epidemiology and Public Health, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pommier De Santi
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006046:Gold; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008906:Mining; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D006046:Gold
keywords: French Guiana; Soil-transmitted helminths; ankylostomiasis; army; hookworm; parasites; service members