Sexually transmitted infections on the border between Brazil and French Guiana.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The border between the State of Amapa, Brazil, and French Guiana is mostly primary forest. In the Oyapock basin, socioeconomic circumstances have fueled sex work, gold mining and the circulation of sexually transmitted infections. Given the lack of comprehensive data on this border area, we describe the different sexually transmitted infections along the Brazil/French Guiana border and the testing and care activity.

Methods

We conducted a review of the available scientific and technical literature on sexually transmitted infections in this complex border area. Temporal trends were graphed and for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) we estimated incidence using the European Center for prevention and Disease Control modeling tool.

Results

Until 2019, 26 of the 46

SUBMITTER: Nacher M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906991 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature