Malaria causes significant morbidity and mortality in travelers. One barrier to effective
prevention of malaria in travelers is poor adherence to recommended chemoprophylaxis …

Increases in international travel and escalating drug resistance are putting put a growing
number of travelers at risk of contracting malaria. Resistance to chloroquine and proguanil …

The combination of increased international travel and escalating drug resistance has
resulted in a growing number of travelers at risk of contracting malaria. This article reviews …

Malaria chemoprophylaxis is probably the most complex area of pretravel advice. The travel
medicine advisor must have in-depth knowledge of all available chemoprophylactic drugs …

The prevention of malaria in travelers is becoming a more challenging clinical and public
health problem because of the global development of drug-resistant Plasmodium strains of …

Background The risk of malaria infection in travelers is seldom known in detail and neither is
the efficacy of different prophylactic regimens, due to a lack of controlled trials. Surveillance …

Concerns about the tolerability of mefloquine highlight the need for new drugs to prevent
malaria. Atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone; GlaxoSmithKline) was safe and effective for …

Malaria prophylaxis for travelers is a controversial issue. The commonly used regimens are
associated with side effects, low compliance, or low efficacy, which have raised concern …

Background Endemic malaria occurring across much of the globe threatens millions of
exposed travelers. While unknown numbers of them suffer acute attacks while traveling …

An expanding risk and range of endemic malaria threatens travelers. Primaquine is an old
drug recently demonstrated to offer effective prophylaxis. Clinical trials conducted in …