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American cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: an epidemiological update and study of environmental risk factors.

Rémi LoiseauCecile NabetStephane SimonMarine GinouvesPaul BrousseDenis BlanchetMagalie DemarPierre CouppieRomain Blaizot
Published in: International journal of dermatology (2019)
Gold mining and trips to the primary forest represent high-risk situations for ACL in French Guiana, where the population of infected patients is dominated by Brazilian immigrants. Possible environmental risk factors such as the presence of dogs, water sources, and traditional wooden houses require further investigation.
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