Publications by authors named "Stephanie Rogier"

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  • This study explores how environmental factors, particularly climate and flu outbreaks, affect sickle cell disease (SCD) patients in French Guiana, aiming to improve patient care and prevention strategies.* -
  • Data from emergency visits and hospital records from 2010 to 2016 revealed that lower temperatures and humidity increased incidents of vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), while flu epidemics were linked to severe VOC cases.* -
  • The findings suggest that enhancing patient awareness of climate-related risks and promoting annual flu vaccinations can help reduce the frequency and severity of painful crises in SCD patients.*
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French Guiana is the French overseas territory that is most affected by HIV. Sex work seems to be an important driver of the epidemic. Although female sex workers are informed by local NGOs, they still have risky behaviours, including not using condoms with their intimate partner despite knowing HIV is highly prevalent.

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The border between Brazil and French Guiana is a place of economic, cultural, social and sexual exchange. Female sex workers represent a high risk population for HIV in this area where sexual tourism is particularly developed. HIV testing seems to be an important element in the fight against the epidemic.

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French Guiana is the French territory that is most affected by HIV. AIDS incidence is much higher than in mainland France and sex work seems to be an important driver of the epidemic. The objective of this study was to describe consistent condom use among female sex workers with their clients and their intimate partners and to identify determinants of non-use of condoms.

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Background: 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.

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