Tackling a worrisome rate of lost to follow-up among migrants with hepatitis B in French Guiana.

Objectives: Management of Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients, whether they are receiving treatment or not, necessitates long-term follow-up. This study evaluated the rate of lost to follow-up (LTFU) among HBV-infected patients and the feasibility of a callback strategy to re-engage these patients in HBV care.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study involving HBV-infected patients attending the outpatient clinic at Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana.

What Is the Part of Tropical Diseases Among Infectious Complications in Renal Transplant Recipients in the Amazon? A 12-Year Multicenter Retrospective Analysis in French Guiana.

Background: Infectious complications in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are well studied in temperate countries but remain barely known in tropical ones. The main objective of this study was to describe infection-related hospitalizations in patients living in the Amazon, where it has never been described.

Methods: All KTRs residing in French Guiana between 2007 and 2018 were included retrospectively.

Invasive Fungal Infections in Persons Living with HIV in an Amazonian Context: French Guiana, 2009-2019.

Although the burden of histoplasmosis in patients with advanced HIV has been the focus of detailed estimations, knowledge about invasive fungal infections in patients living with HIV in an Amazonian context is somewhat scattered. Our goal was thus to adopt a broader view integrating all invasive fungal infections diagnosed over a decade in French Guiana. All patients hospitalized at Cayenne hospital from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2018 with a proven diagnosis of invasive fungal infection were included (N = 227).

What is AIDS in the Amazon and the Guianas in the 90-90-90 era?

Introduction: In the past decade, new diagnostic methods and strategies have appeared, HIV testing efforts and the generalization of antiretroviral therapy may have influenced the number of opportunistic diagnoses and mortality of HIV-infected patients. To test this hypothesis we compiled data on the top opportunistic infections and causes of early death in the HIV cohort of French Guiana.

Methods: HIV-infected persons followed in Cayenne, Kourou, and Saint Laurent du Maroni hospitals from 2010 to 2019 were studied.

Contributing to Elimination of Cross-Border Malaria Through a Standardized Solution for Case Surveillance, Data Sharing, and Data Interpretation: Development of a Cross-Border Monitoring System.

Background: Cross-border malaria is a significant obstacle to achieving malaria control and elimination worldwide.

Objective: This study aimed to build a cross-border surveillance system that can make comparable and qualified data available to all parties involved in malaria control between French Guiana and Brazil.

Methods: Data reconciliation rules based on expert knowledge were defined and applied to the heterogeneous data provided by the existing malaria surveillance systems of both countries.