Sexual and addictive risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections in illegal gold miners in French Guiana: A multicenter observational study.
Louise Mutricy-HureauAmandine PisoniMartha Suarez-MutisAmanda Figueira da SilvaYann LambertPauline MespoulheAudrey GodinMarie-Claire ParriaultAstrid Van MelleEmilie MosnierMélanie GailletCéline MichaudRoxane SchaubMuriel GalindoAntoine AdenisMathieu NacherStephen VredenEdouard TuaillonMaylis DouinePublished in: PloS one (2022)
This study documents for the first time the risk behaviors of gold miners in FG. Although the level of condom use was high, the prevalence of STIs combined with the high rate of transactional sex should encourage an increase in prevention and screening, in particular through rapid tests, given the mobility of the population concerned.