“…In French Guiana, only 17 clinical cases of Chagas disease have been reported since 1939 (Floch & Tasque 1940, Beaudet et al 1985, Esterre & Dedet 1987, including four cases of acute chagasic myocarditis diagnosed between 1994 and 1996 (Carme et al 2001a). A serological study conducted in [1983][1984][1985], using an indirect immunofluorescence test, showed that only one of 301 individuals (0.3%) had antibodies to T. cruzi (Esterre & Dedet 1987).…”