Open-access Situação atual da doença de Chagas na Guiana Francesa

Although located between two endemic areas of Chagas' disease (Venezuela and Brazil), French Guiana recorded only few cases of this infection between 1940 and 1956. A serological survey, using either active detection in cardiopathic patients or a passive one resulted in the finding of two autochthonous cases. In spite ofthe presence of a peridomiciliary cycle the risk of Chagas' disease in French Guiana seems to be limited to the episodic occurrence of rare sporadic human cases.

Chagas' disease; French Guiana; Serology


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