Background Mefloquine is one of four antimalarial agents commonly recommended for
preventing malaria in travellers to malaria‐endemic areas. Despite its high efficacy, there is …

The risk of malaria for travelers varies from region to region and depends on the intensity of
transmission, the duration of the stay in the area of endemicity, the style of travel, and the …

Imported malaria has been an increasing problem in several Western countries in the last 2
decades. To calculate the risk factors of age, sex, and travel destination in Swedish …

Objective. To assess self‐reported health risk and risk‐taking behavior of humanitarian
expatriates. Methods. A self‐administered anonymous questionnaire was completed by …

The flow of international travellers to and from malaria-endemic areas, especially Africa, has
increased in recent years. Apart from the very high morbidity and mortality burden imposed …

Human infection with Plasmodium spp leading to clinical episodes of malaria probably
began very early in the history of humankind and has persistently inflicted disease among …

This review concentrates on different aspects of malaria chemoprophylaxis, namely drug
combinations, resistance, impact of malaria prevention in pregnancy and cost effectiveness …

The attack rate of illness following travel to a particular region is expressed as the ratio of
travelers to that destination who became ill to the total number visiting that destination. In …

Malaria chemoprophylaxis concerns prescribing healthy individuals medication for an
infection they have an unknown chance of getting. Sensible use of malaria …

Plasmodium malariae is widely distributed across the tropics, causing symptomatic malaria
in humans with a 72-hour fever periodicity, and may present after latency periods lasting up …