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1. Is botulism type C transmissible to human by consumption of contaminated poultry meat? Analysis of a suspect outbreak in French Guyana

Author

Elodie Brulez, Cécile Stagnetto, Christiane Attica, Gérald Egmann, Michel-Robert Popoff, Arnaud Martrenchar, Jean-Michel Fontanella, Jérome Gruenfeld, Félix Djossou, Céline Dupuy, Direction des Services Vétérinaires [Gyuane], Direction départementale de la protection des populations [Guyane], direction générale des outre-mer (DGOM), Ministère des Outre-Mer (MOM), Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Centre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et Botulisme - National Reference Center Anaerobic Bacteria and Botulism (CNR), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Michel Bouisse (Direction of health and social development, 97300 Cayenne, French Guyana) and Jean-Philippe Carlier (National Reference Center for Anaerobic bacteria and Botulism, Institut Pasteur, Paris) were coauthors and deceased during the process of the manuscript. We thank B. Stiles for reviewing the manuscript., and Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)

Subjects
Veterinary medicine, MESH: Foodborne Diseases/diagnosis, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV.BC.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Subcellular Processes [q-bio.SC], medicine.disease_cause, MESH: Clostridium botulinum type C/isolation & purification, Poultry, Disease Outbreaks, Foodborne Diseases, MESH: Poultry, [SDV.BC.IC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Cell Behavior [q-bio.CB], MESH: Botulism/pathology, Medicine, MESH: Animals, Botulism, 0303 health sciences, Transmission (medicine), Botulinum toxin, French Guiana, 3. Good health, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Botulinum neurotoxin, MESH: Botulism/transmission, medicine.drug, MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology, MESH: Disease Transmission, Infectious, Clostridium botulinum type C, [SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Microbiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Animals, Humans, 030304 developmental biology, MESH: Disease Outbreaks, MESH: Humans, 030306 microbiology, business.industry, MESH: Botulism/diagnosis, MESH: Foodborne Diseases/pathology, Outbreak, medicine.disease, [SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology, Poultry meat, Clostridium botulinum, Flock, business
Abstract

International audience; Botulism type C was suspected in a 46-year old man after consumption of sick poultry from a flock where botulism type C was confirmed. The patient developed characteristic signs of botulism, but investigation of biological samples did not confirm the presence of Clostridium botulinum or botulinum toxin. Despite having classical botulism symptoms, the man recovered very quickly. This raises the question of botulism transmission to humans by ingestion of contaminated poultry.

Published
2019

2. Dépistage du cancer du col de l'utérus en Guyane : taux de couverture du dépistage entre 2006 et 2011

Author

Maylis Douine, Christian Lelarge, Tristan Roue, Nadia Thomas, Mathieu Nacher, Antoine Adenis, Centre d'investigation clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France]-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Registre des Cancers de Guyane, Laboratoire d’anatomopathologie - Abbeville, Laboratoire d’anatomopathologie, Ecosystemes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPat), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Guyane (UG), Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane), CHU de Fort de France-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG), Association Guyanaise Dépistage Organisé des Cancers [Cayenne] (A.G.D.O.C), and The present study was funded by the Health Regional Agency of French Guiana.

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Overseas department, MESH: Mass Screening/statistics & numerical data, MESH: Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology, MESH: Mass Screening/organization & administration, MESH: Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/epidemiology, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, 0302 clinical medicine, Epidemiology, Mass Screening, MESH: Incidence, Early Detection of Cancer, Cervical cancer, MESH: Middle Aged, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, Incidence, Incidence (epidemiology), Mortality rate, Age Factors, MESH: Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/diagnosis, Middle Aged, French Guiana, 3. Good health, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Pap-smear, Screening, Female, Papanicolaou Test, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, parasitic diseases, medicine, Humans, Neoplasm Invasiveness, MESH: Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control, Mass screening, Retrospective Studies, MESH: Age Factors, Gynecology, MESH: Humans, MESH: Early Detection of Cancer*/statistics & numerical data, business.industry, MESH: Adult, MESH: Retrospective Studies, Retrospective cohort study, MESH: Neoplasm Invasiveness, medicine.disease, Metropolitan France, MESH: Papanicolaou Test/statistics & numerical data, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, business, MESH: Female, Demography
Abstract

International audience; In French Guiana, the age-standardized incidence rate of cervical cancer is four times higher than in France and the mortality rate 5.5 times higher. A survival study revealed that stage at diagnosis was the main factor influencing the prognosis, showing that early detection is crucial to increase cervical cancer survival. The present study aimed at evaluating the cervical cancer screening rate between 2006 and 2011 by age and for 3-years period in French Guiana. All pap smears realised in French Guiana were analysed in two laboratories allowing exhaustive review of screening data. The screening rate was estimated at about 54% from 2006 to 2011, with a statistical difference between coastal and rural area (56.3% versus 18.7%).Although the methodological difference did not allow comparisons with mainland France, these results could be used to evaluate the impact of organised cervical cancer screening by the French Guiana Association for Organized Screening of Cancers implemented in French Guiana since 2012.; En Guyane, l’incidence du cancer du col de l’utérus est quatre fois plus élevée qu’en métropole, et la létalité 5,5 fois plus élevée. Dans ce vaste département recouvert à plus de 90 % de forêt amazonienne, les difficultés d’accès aux soins, l’âge précoce au premier rapport et le manque de dépistage sont de possibles facteurs explicatifs. Une première étude a montré que le diagnostic tardif était le principal facteur impactant la survie. Un diagnostic précoce - par frottis cervico-vaginal tous les 3 ans de 25 à 64 ans selon les recommandations nationales - est donc crucial pour améliorer la survie. L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer le taux de couverture de dépistage par frottis en Guyane entre 2006 et 2011 ainsi que l’activité de réalisation de frottis et le taux de cancers dépistés. Tous les frottis cervico-vagin aux réalisés en Guyane sont analysés dans seulement deux laboratoires d’anatomie pathologique, ce qui permet une analyse exhaustive des données de dépistage de ce département. La date de naissance, la date de réalisation du frottis, l’adresse de la patiente ou celle du prescripteur (selon les laboratoires) ainsi que la date de réalisation du précédent frottis ont été recueillis. Le taux de couverture de dépistage a été évalué à 54 % entre 2006 et 2011, avec une différence significative entre le littoral et l’intérieur de la Guyane (56,3 % versus 18,7 %). L’activité de réalisation de frottis était de 23,5 à 25,8 frottis pour 100 femmes-année. Le taux de diagnostic de cancer était de 191,8/100 000 femmes année, soit un cancer cervical diagnostiqué pour 521 personnes dépistées. Bien que le taux de couverture de dépistage en Guyane ne semble pas très différent de la métropole, nous ne pouvons réaliser de comparaison statistique du fait de la différence de méthodologie utilisée. Le taux de diagnostic de cancer était de 6 à 12 fois plus élevé qu’en métropole, confirmant l’importance du dépistage par frottis en Guyane. Des efforts de dépistage doivent être réalisés notamment dans l’intérieur de la Guyane, où le taux de dépistage est plus faible. Cet état des lieux du dépistage entre 2006 et 2011 pourra permettre d’évaluer l’impact de la campagne organisée de dépistage du cancer du col mise en place en 2012 par l’Association guyanaise du dépistage organisé des cancers (AGDOC).

Published
2015

3. High prevalence of HPV infection in the remote villages of French Guiana: an epidemiological study

Author

Florine Corlin, Vincent Lacoste, Mathieu Nacher, Vincent Molinie, Raymond Césaire, Valentin Dufit, Antoine Adenis, Maylis Douine, Gabriel Carles, Fatiha Najioullah, Gulen Ayhan, Paul Brousse, Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, Inserm CIC1424, European Regional Development Fund - FEDER presage n°30814 - INCOMING, Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane), Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -CHU de Fort de France-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Laboratoire de Virologie-Immunologie [Fort de France, Martinique] (EA 4537), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique [Fort-de-France, Martinique], Service d'anatomopathologie [Fort de France, Martinique], CHU Fort de France, Département des Centres Délocalisés de Prévention et de Soins [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Service de gynécologie-obstétrique [Saint Laurent du Maroni, Guyane Française], Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), This project was supported by an European Union Grant (PO FEDER 2007-2013, No. Présage: 30814, Guyane Française., We thank the health professionals of the Centres Délocalisés de Prévention et de Soins and the Protection Maternelle et Infantile., European Project: FEDER presage n°30814, and CHU de Fort de France-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)

Subjects
Genotyping Techniques, Epidemiology, Prevalence, MESH: Genotype, 0302 clinical medicine, 5. Gender equality, MESH: Papillomavirus Infections/virology, MESH: DNA, Viral/genetics, 030212 general & internal medicine, MESH: Cytological Techniques, Papillomaviridae, Cervical cancer, MESH: Aged, MESH: Papillomavirus Infections/epidemiology, education.field_of_study, MESH: Middle Aged, MESH: Epidemiologic Studies, Incidence (epidemiology), HPV infection, Middle Aged, Original Papers, 3. Good health, French Guiana, Vaccination, MESH: Papillomaviridae/genetics, Infectious Diseases, MESH: Papillomaviridae/isolation & purification, MESH: Young Adult, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, MESH: DNA, Viral/analysis, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, HPV, MESH: Vaginal Smears, MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology, Genotype, Population, Cytological Techniques, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, MESH: Genotyping Techniques, medicine, Humans, MESH: Papillomaviridae/classification, education, MESH: Prevalence, Aged, Gynecology, Vaginal Smears, MESH: Humans, business.industry, Public health, Papillomavirus Infections, MESH: Adult, medicine.disease, Epidemiologic Studies, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, DNA, Viral, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, business, MESH: Female, Demography
Abstract

SUMMARYCervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in women in French Guiana. Studies have shown that populations living in the remote areas of the interior have early sexual debut and that multiple sexual partnerships are common. The objective of the present study was thus to determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in these areas. A study was conducted in women aged 20–65 years with previous sexual activity. Women were included on a voluntary basis after using local media and leaders to inform them of the visit of the team. HPV infection was defined by the detection of HPV DNA using the Greiner Bio-One kit. In addition to HPV testing cytology was performed. The overall age-standardized prevalence rate was 35%. There was a U-shaped evolution of HPV prevalence by age with women aged >50 years at highest risk for HPV, followed by the 20–29 years group. Twenty-seven percent of women with a positive HPV test had normal cytology. Given the high incidence of cervical cancer in French Guiana and the high prevalence of HPV infections the present results re-emphasize the need for screening for cervical cancer in these remote areas. Vaccination against HPV, preferably with a nonavalent vaccine, also seems an important prevention measure. However, in this region where a large portion of the population has no health insurance, this still represents a challenge.

Published
2017

4. Patawa Virus, a New Arenavirus Hosted by Forest Rodents in French Guiana

Author

Séverine Matheus, Anne Lavergne, François Catzeflis, Damien Donato, Benoit de Thoisy, Amandine Guidez, Vincent Lacoste, Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Association Kwata - Etude et protection de la nature [Guyane], Centre National de Référence pour les Arbovirus - Laboratoire de Virologie [Cayenne, Guyane française] (CNR - laboratoire associé), Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), This study was conducted within the ViRUSES program, supported by European funds (FEDER) and assistance from Région Guyane and Direction Régionale pour la Recherche et la Technologie, and received a European commission 'REGPOT-CT-2011-285837-STRonGer' Grant within the FP7 and an 'Investissement d’Avenir' Grant managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, Ref. ANR-10-LABX-25-01). Field work at Cacao was funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche under contract 2006-SEST-20-01 attributed to Th. De Meeus., FC acknowledges the technical expertise of Michel Gillioz at the Geneva Natural History Museum for curating specimens with care., ANR-10-LABX-0025,CEBA,CEnter of the study of Biodiversity in Amazonia(2010), ANR-06-NEUR-0039,OlfLocalTrans,Traduction locale axonale et dendritique dans le développement et le renouvellement du système olfactif(2006), European Project: 285837,EC:FP7:REGPOT,FP7-REGPOT-2011-1,STRONGER(2011), and Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)

Subjects
Rodent Diseases, MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology, Rodent, viruses, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, MESH: Arenaviridae Infections/epidemiology, Forests, MESH: Base Sequence, phylogeny, MESH: Rodent Diseases/epidemiology, Amazonia, biology.animal, Animals, Arenaviridae Infections, MESH: Animals, Sigmodontinae, MESH: Sigmodontinae/virology, arenavirus, MESH: Rodent Diseases/virology, Muridae, Arenavirus, Base Sequence, Oecomys, Ecology, biology, Amazon rainforest, MESH: Arenavirus/isolation & purification, rodent, MESH: Forests, biology.organism_classification, French Guiana, 3. Good health, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Animal ecology, MESH: Arenaviridae Infections/veterinary
Abstract

International audience; Molecular screening of rodents from French Guiana has detected a new arenavirus, named ''Pata-wa,'' in two Oecomys species (Muridae, Sigmodontinae). Further investigations are needed to better understand the circulation of this virus in rodent and human populations and its public health impact.

Published
2014

5. Prospective Zika virus disease cohort: systematic screening

Author

Marianne Maquart, Séverine Matheus, Franck de Laval, Nicolas Barthes, Cédric Combes, Emmanuel Yvrard, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Sébastien Briolant, Dominique Rousset, Direction Interarmées du Service de Santé en Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Université de La Réunion (UR), Centre National de Référence (CNR) des Arbovirus - Laboratoire coordonnateur : Equipe Résidente de Recherche d'Infectiologie Tropicale (ERRIT), Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Laveran, Institut de Chimie de Nice (ICN), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Santé des Armées, Institut pluridisciplinaire de recherche appliquée dans le domaine du génie pétrolier (IPRADDGP), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité de Virologie, Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Centre National de Référence pour les Arbovirus - Laboratoire de Virologie [Cayenne, Guyane française] (CNR - laboratoire associé), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Antenne Marseille] (IRBA), Entomologie médicale, Laboratoire de Parasitologie [Cayenne, Guyane française], Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48, INSB-INSB-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Zika virus disease, Male, Medical entomology, MESH: Travel, Zika virus, MESH: Zika Virus Infection/epidemiology, Health services, 0302 clinical medicine, MESH: Suriname, [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases, Mass Screening, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, MESH: Zika Virus Infection/diagnosis, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Fatigue, [SDV.MHEP.ME]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Emerging diseases, Travel, MESH: Zika Virus Infection/complications, Suriname, biology, Zika Virus Infection, Headache, General Medicine, MESH: Arthralgia/virology, 16. Peace & justice, Arthralgia, 3. Good health, French Guiana, Geography, MESH: Pruritus/virology, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Female, MESH: Headache/virology, medicine.medical_specialty, MESH: Mass Screening, MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology, Fever, MESH: Fever/virology, 030231 tropical medicine, Library science, MESH: Zika Virus/isolation & purification, 03 medical and health sciences, MESH: Infection Control*/methods, MESH: Zika Virus Infection/transmission, medicine, Humans, MESH: Conjunctivitis/virology, MESH: Myalgia/virology, MESH: Exanthema/virology, Mass screening, Infection Control, MESH: Humans, MESH: Zika Virus/genetics, Public health, Pruritus, [SDV.BBM.BM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology, Myalgia, Zika Virus, Exanthema, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Conjunctivitis, MESH: Male, MESH: Prospective Studies, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, MESH: Fatigue/virology, MESH: Female
Abstract

Military Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Camp Militaire de Sainte Marthe, Marseille, France (FdL); French Armed Forces Health Service in French Guiana, Quartier La Madeleine, BP 6019, 97306 Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana (FdL, NB, CC, SB); Institut Pasteur of French Guiana, Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Centre for Arboviruses (SM, DR), and Unit of Medical Entomology (SB), Cayenne, French Guiana; French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute, National Reference Centre for Arboviruses (MM, EY, IL-G), and Unit of Parasitology and Medical Entomology (SB), Hopital d’Instruction des Armees Laveran, Marseille, France; Research Unit in Emerging Infectious and Tropical Diseases, UM 63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, and INSERM 1095, Faculte de Medecine La Timone, Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille, France (SB)

Published
2016

6. Salmonella serotypes in reptiles and humans, French Guiana

Author

Noellie Gay, Simon Le Hello, François-Xavier Weill, Benoit de Thoisy, Franck Berger, Unité d'Epidémiologie [Cayenne, Guyane française], Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Centre National de Référence des Salmonella - Bactéries pathogènes entériques (CNR), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Centre National de Référence - National Reference Center Escherichia coli, Shigella et Salmonella (CNR-ESS), Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes [Cayenne, Guyane Française], This study was supported by Institut Pasteur and Institut Pasteur de la Guyane and benefited from an ‘‘Investissementd’Avenir’’ grant managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, ref. ANR-10-LABX-25-01)., ANR-10-LABX-0025,CEBA,CEnter of the study of Biodiversity in Amazonia(2010), and Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)

Subjects
Serotype, Veterinary medicine, Salmonella, MESH: Reptiles/microbiology, medicine.disease_cause, L73 - Maladies des animaux, Génétique des populations, MESH: Animals, Cloacal swab, Zoonosis, Consommation alimentaire, General Medicine, MESH: Salmonella Infections/epidemiology, MESH: Salmonella Infections/transmission, 3. Good health, French Guiana, South american, S50 - Santé humaine, Salmonella Infections, MESH: Salmonella/classification, Q03 - Contamination et toxicologie alimentaires, Genre humain, zoonose, MESH: French Guiana/epidemiology, Viande, Reptile, Biology, Microbiology, MESH: Salmonella/genetics, medicine, Animals, Humans, Serotyping, Transmission des maladies, Disease Reservoirs, MESH: Salmonella Infections/microbiology, MESH: Humans, General Veterinary, MESH: Salmonella/isolation & purification, MESH: Serotyping, Reptiles, medicine.disease, Sérotype, Metropolitan France, Carriage, MESH: Disease Reservoirs/microbiology, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Abstract

International audience; In French Guiana, a French overseas territory located in the South American northern coast, nearly 50% of Salmonella serotypes isolated from human infections belong to serotypes rarely encountered in metropolitan France. A reptilian source of contamination has been investigated. Between April and June 2011, in the area around Cayenne, 151 reptiles were collected: 38 lizards, 37 snakes, 32 turtles, 23 green iguanas and 21 caimans. Cloacal swab samples were collected and cultured. Isolated Salmonella strains were identified biochemically and serotyped. The overall carriage frequency of carriage was 23.2% (95% confidence interval: 16.7-30.4) with 23 serotyped strains. The frequency of Salmonella carriage was significantly higher for wild reptiles. Near two-thirds of the Salmonella serotypes isolated from reptiles were also isolated from patients in French Guiana. Our results highlight the risk associated with the handling and consumption of reptiles and their role in the spread of Salmonella in the environment.

Published
2013

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