Journal article
Malaria: protection of the international traveler
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.14(3), pp.155-160
03/1993
DOI: 10.1086/646703
PMID: 8478530
Abstract
Thorough counseling with emphasis on the importance of mosquito bite avoidance, as well as on compliance with prophylactic antimalarial regimens, remains an important task for the physician preparing a patient for international travel. Chloroquine continues to be the drug of choice for prophylaxis in areas not reporting chloroquine resistance. Otherwise, mefloquine is the first-line agent. Under special circumstances, alternatives to mefloquine can be employed and include doxycycline or proguanil plus chloroquine.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Malaria: protection of the international traveler
- Creators
- M Sigfrido Rangel-Frausto - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa CityMichael B Edmund
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.14(3), pp.155-160
- DOI
- 10.1086/646703
- PMID
- 8478530
- NLM abbreviation
- Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
- ISSN
- 0899-823X
- eISSN
- 1559-6834
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- T32AIO7374 / NIAID NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1993
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905527002771
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