Resurgence risk for malaria, and the characterization of a recent outbreak in an Amazonian border area between French Guiana and Brazil.
Emilie MosnierIsabelle DusfourGuillaume LacourRaphael SaldanhaAmandine GuidezMargarete S GomesAlice SannaYanouk EpelboinJohana RestrepoDamien DavyMagalie DemarFélix DjossouMaylis DouineVanessa ArdillonMathieu NacherLise MussetEmmanuel RouxPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
The current findings demonstrate a potential increase in malaria cases in an area with otherwise declining numbers. This is a transborder region where human mobility and remote populations challenge malaria control programs. This investigation illustrates the importance of international border surveillance and collaboration for malaria control, particularly in Indigenous villages and mobile populations.