Clinical and parasitological features of Leishmania infection among gold miners in the Oiapoque basin, an international Brazil-French Guiana border.

• Main Authors: Pamela Mosquera Atehortua (Author), Amanda Figueira da Silva (Author), Lohaine Mafra (Author), Samyra Almeida- (Author), Cintia Xavier De Mello (Author), Hermano Gomes Albuquerque (Author), Lucas André Boaventura de Carvalho (Author), Louise Hureau-Mutricy (Author), Maylis Douine (Author), Alda Maria Da-Cruz (Author), Martha C Suárez-Mutis (Author), Adriano Gomes-Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Gold miners working illegally in mines live in poor health conditions related to their strenuous work and precarious housing. Therefore, they are at higher risk for infectious diseases. American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) appears to be of great concern to the population living in the Guiana Shi...