Publications by authors named "Claire Grenier"
Background: Cervical cancer prevention using cervical cytology is insufficiently sensitive, a significant proportion of HPV-infected women having normal cytology. The objective of the present study was to try to identify factors associated with abnormal cytology in HPV-infected women living in remote areas of French Guiana.
Methods: A study was conducted in women aged 20-65 years having HPV infections confirmed by HPV DNA detection using the GREINER-BIO-ONE kit.
Background: In French Guiana, cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in females. The objective of the present study was to describe the prevalence of HPV infections in women with normal cervical cytology living in the remote villages of French Guiana.
Methods: Before the study, the study team communicated in the remote villages on the importance of screening.
Article Synopsis
- Access to healthcare in French Guiana is marked by significant inequalities, particularly among immigrants, with a study focusing on poor neighborhoods in Cayenne to identify why many people renounce healthcare services.
- Data was collected from individuals visiting a Red Cross mobile unit between 2013 and 2014, using structured questionnaires to analyze the reasons for renouncing care through logistic regression and tree analysis.
- The study found that 20% of respondents had renounced care, with key factors including the absence of a regular physician, embarrassment in asking questions, and previous refusals of care, highlighting the need for improved support and welcoming attitudes in healthcare settings.
Background: In a malaria-endemic area the distribution of patients is neither constant in time nor homogeneous in space. The WHO recommends the stratification of malaria risk on a fine geographical scale. In the village of Cacao in French Guiana, the study of the spatial and temporal distribution of malaria cases, during an epidemic, allowed a better understanding of the environmental factors promoting malaria transmission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMalaria is endemic in French Guiana. Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the predominant species responsible and Anopheles darlingi is described as the major vector. In mid-August 2008, an increase in malaria incidence was observed in Saül.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The epidemiological profiles of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, are strongly associated with environmental conditions. An understanding of the effect of the climate on the occurrence of malaria may provide indirect insight into the anopheles mosquito vectors endemic to a particular region. The association between meteorological and hydrographical factors and the occurrence of malaria was studied in a village in French Guiana during an epidemic caused essentially by Plasmodium vivax.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A dengue fever outbreak occurred in the interior of French Guiana from November 2005 onwards. An investigation, with epidemiological, entomological and public health inputs, was initiated. Its objectives were to confirm the outbreak, to describe the emergence of dengue fever in the High Maroni area and to initiate a specific public health response.
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