Médecine et Santé Tropicales
MENULost in a rain forest Volume 29, issue 1, Janvier-Février-Mars 2019
Authors
1 Antenne médicale de Kourou, 97310 Kourou, France
2 Centres hospitaliers de Kourou, Kourou, France
* Correspondance
- Key words: leishmaniasis, Leishmania guyanensis, French Guyana
- DOI : 10.1684/mst.2018.0861
- Page(s) : 43-5
- Published in: 2019
A 40-year-old soldier in Guyana consulted at the end of December for skin lesions that had been developing for several weeks after he was lost overnight in the equatorial forest, near the village of Saul. He was bitten by numerous mosquitoes during the night and as he crossed marshy areas. When he arrived at the clinic he had 23 leishmaniasis sites visible.