To assess the prevalence of malaria among illegal gold miners in the French Guiana rainforest, we screened 205 miners during May-June 2014. Malaria prevalence was 48.3%; 48.5% of cases were asymptomatic. Patients reported self-medication with artemisinin-based combination therapy. Risk for emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance among gold miners in the rainforest is high.
Keywords: Barthes N; Bogreau H; Djossou F; French Guiana; French Guiana. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 May [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151957; Hyvert G; Nguyen C; Suggested citation for this article: Pommier de Santi V; antimicrobial resistance; artemisinin; epidemiology; et al. Malaria hyperendemicity and risk for artemisinin resistance among illegal gold miners; hyperendemicity; illegal gold mining; malaria; parasites; vector-borne infections.