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Leprosy in French Guiana, 2015 to 2021: Dynamics of a Persistent Public Health Problem

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2023
A resurgence of leprosy as a public health problem in French Guiana was reported over the period 2007 to 2014, particularly among Brazilians gold miners. Prolonged multidrug therapy and reversal reactions represent a therapeutic challenge.
Aurore Petiot, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Carmelita Dossou, Pierre Couppie, Romain Blaizot   +4 more
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Varying hydraulic strategies within leaves, stems and roots of coexisting desert shrubs

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Effective and continuous root‐to‐leaf hydraulic transport is crucial for plant survival and growth during drought. However, the capacity to resist hydraulic dysfunction remains understudied in leaves and roots, especially for desert shrubs.
Wenyue Zhao, Xibin Ji, Rui Chen, Lishan Shan, Hai Zhou, Bowen Jin, Liwen Zhao, Dongsheng Li   +7 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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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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Theorising Indo‐Caribbean Identities Beyond the Homeland/Hostland Binary: Indo‐Guadeloupeans’ ‘Archipelagic Brown Consciousness’

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indo‐Caribbean groups, who settled in the Caribbean via the colonial system of Indian indentured labour, have long been marginal in discussions of diaspora and Caribbeanness. This paper explores how Indo‐Guadeloupeans—from Guadeloupe, a current French overseas territory—articulate post‐indenture identities by developing two interrelated ...
Manuela Latchoumaya
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Cytological and Histopathological Spectrum of Histoplasmosis: 15 Years of Experience in French Guiana

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
BackgroundDisseminated histoplasmosis remains a major killer of immunocompromised patients in Latin America. Cytological and histological methods are usually present in most hospitals and may represent a precious diagnostic method.
Kinan Drak Alsibai, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Pierre Couppié, Pierre Couppié, Denis Blanchet, Antoine Adenis, Loïc Epelboin, Romain Blaizot, Dominique Louvel, Félix Djossou, Magalie Demar, Magalie Demar, Mathieu Nacher, Mathieu Nacher   +13 more
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HIV-Associated Disseminated Histoplasmosis and Rare Adrenal Involvement: Evidence of Absence or Absence of Evidence

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Adrenal histoplasmosis and primary adrenal insufficiency are mostly described in immunocompetent patients. This particular tropism is attributed to the presence of cortisol within the adrenal gland, a privileged niche for Histoplasma growth.
Mathieu Nacher, Mathieu Nacher, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Audrey Valdes, Philippe Abboud, Antoine Adenis, Antoine Adenis, Romain Blaizot, Romain Blaizot, Denis Blanchet, Magalie Demar, Magalie Demar, Félix Djossou, Loïc Epelboin, Caroline Misslin, Balthazar Ntab, Nadia Sabbah, Pierre Couppié, Pierre Couppié   +18 more
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Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
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Improving Decision‐Making in the Identification of Tephritidae Larvae at Import in the European Union and Key to Third Instar Larvae

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Tephritidae family, or true fruit flies, comprises approximately 250 species recognized as economically significant due to their capacity to infest commercial fruits. These pests pose serious threats to both food security and trade, and are considered quarantine pests in areas where they are not yet established. In the European Union (EU),
Andrea Taddei, Pascal Rousse, Raphaëlle Mouttet, Sarah Chérasse, Christa Lethmayer, Elena Bacher, Chiara Pohn, Richard Alexander Gottsberger, Helga Reisenzein, Philippe Reynaud   +9 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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