High prevalence of hepatitis B and syphilis in illegal gold miners in French Guiana

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Female
• French Guiana / epidemiology
• Gold*
• Hepatitis B / diagnosis
• Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
• Hepatitis B virus / immunology
• Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification
• Humans
• Male
• Miners*
• Prevalence
• Serologic Tests
• Syphilis / diagnosis
• Syphilis / epidemiology*
• Treponema pallidum / immunology
• Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification
• Undocumented Immigrants
• Vulnerable Populations