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Epidemiology and medical management of body‐packers in French Guiana between 2010 and 2015

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022
Background French Guiana is used as a drug trafficking pipeline of cocaine to Europe. The number of arrests for transporting cocaine in corpore has increased exponentially in recent years.
Clemence Bonnefoy, Mathieu Nacher, Gerald Egmann, Agathe Pastre, Vincent About, Daniel Jeanbourquin, Dominique Louvel, Karim Hamiche, Timothee Bonifay   +8 more
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Characteristics of Snakebite-Related Infection in French Guiana

Toxins, 2022
Wound infection is frequently reported following snakebite (SB). This study is retrospective. It was conducted in the emergency department and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Cayenne General Hospital between 1 January 2016 and 31 July 2021.
Stéphanie Houcke, Dabor Resiere, Guy Roger Lontsingoula, Fabrice Cook, Pierre Lafouasse, Jean Marc Pujo, Magalie Demar, Severine Matheus, Didier Hommel, Hatem Kallel   +9 more
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Preeclampsia risk factors in French Guiana: a great heterogeneity among populations and geographic areas

Hypertension in Pregnancy
Background French Guiana is France’s largest overseas territory, accounting for 1/6th of mainland France. French Guiana has the highest fertility rate in France and Latin America.
Malika Leneuve-Dorilas, Fabrice Quet, Stéphanie Bernard, Lindsay Osei, Alphonse Louis, Marie-Noella Capé, Dominique Dotou, Anne-Christèle Dzierzek, Narcisse Elenga, Mathieu Nacher   +9 more
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Incidence, causes, and risk factors of stillbirth in an Amazonian context: Saint Laurent du Maroni maternity ward 2016–2021

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X, 2023
Objective: We aimed to describe the epidemiology of intrauterine fetal deaths in multiethnic western French Guiana and to assess its main causes and risk factors.
Meredith Mathieu, Véronique Lambert, Gabriel Carles, Olivier Picone, Jean-François Carod, Léo Pomar, Mathieu Nacher, Najeh Hcini   +7 more
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Research in an intercultural context: mediator-investigators of epidemiological health studies, bridges between two worlds

Frontiers in Public Health
ContextFrench Guiana is a French overseas department where very different linguistic, cultural and societal populations live together in a small area. Health issues and their specific epidemiological profiles call for research projects crossing several ...
Leslie Alcouffe, Leslie Alcouffe, Leslie Alcouffe, Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Margot Oberlis, Antoine Adenis, Antoine Adenis, Antoine Adenis, Nicolas Vignier, Nicolas Vignier, Nicolas Vignier, Nicolas Vignier, Nicolas Vignier, Nicolas Vignier   +16 more
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Low Stroke Risk in Children With Sickle Cell Disease in French Guiana: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
One in every 227 babies born in French Guiana has sickle cell disease, which represents the greatest incidence in France. This study aimed to determine the incidence of stroke in children with sickle cell disease and its associated risk factors.
Julie Gargot, Marie-Claire Parriault, Antoine Adenis, Jérôme Clouzeau, Kim-Anh Dinh Van, Balthazar Ntab, Antoine Defo, Mathieu Nacher, Narcisse Elenga   +8 more
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Contrasted life trajectories: reconstituting the main population exposomes in French Guiana

Frontiers in Public Health
In French Guiana, life expectancy is between 2 and 3 years below that of France, reflecting differences in mortality rates that are largely sensitive to primary healthcare and thus preventable.
Mathieu Nacher, Mathieu Nacher, Mathieu Nacher, Célia Basurko, Célia Basurko, Maylis Douine, Maylis Douine, Maylis Douine, Yann Lambert, Yann Lambert, Yann Lambert, Cyril Rousseau, Celine Michaud, Ronan Garlantezec, Ronan Garlantezec, Antoine Adenis, Antoine Adenis, Antoine Adenis, Margarete M Gomes, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Nadia Sabbah, Nadia Sabbah, Véronique Lambert, Véronique Lambert, Loïc Epelboin, Loïc Epelboin, Loïc Epelboin, Loïc Epelboin, Rakesh Gajadhar Sukul, Fredrik Terlutter, Caroline Janvier, Najeh Hcini, Najeh Hcini   +33 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for micronutrient deficiencies during pregnancy in Cayenne, French Guiana

Food & Nutrition Research, 2021
Background: Involved in physical and brain development, immunity and metabolism, micronutrients have profound health effects. The nutritional status of pregnant women is a major determinant of foetal health.
Amandine Duclau, Fanny Abad, Antoine Adenis, Nadia Sabbah, Malika Leneuve, Mathieu Nacher   +5 more
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The Epidemiology of COVID 19 in the Amazon and the Guianas: Similarities, Differences, and International Comparisons

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: The COVID 19 epidemic submerged many health systems in the Amazon. The objective of the present study was to focus on the epidemic curves of the COVID 19 epidemic in different centers, and to look at testing and mortality data.Methods ...
Mathieu Nacher, Mathieu Nacher, Cyril Rousseau, Tiphanie Succo, Audrey Andrieu, Mélanie Gaillet, Céline Michaud, Véronique Servas, Maylis Douine, Roxane Schaub, Antoine Adenis, Magalie Demar, Magalie Demar, Philippe Abboud, Loïc Epelboin, Félix Djossou, Félix Djossou, Félix Djossou   +17 more
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Meckel‐gruber syndrome: About an evocative case in French Guiana—When ultrasound is insufficient for accurate diagnosis in a complex syndrome

Clinical Case Reports, 2020
In modern medicine, prenatal diagnosis can no longer be sufficient by ultrasound examination. The genetic technical progress and its contribution may remain a challenge in isolated sites with the consequences that this implies in perinatal health.
Malika Leneuve‐Dorilas, Patrick Ahounkeng Nanda, Jean‐Luc Deshayes   +2 more
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