Malaria Prevention in Short-Term Travelers

To the Editor: In his Clinical Practice article on malaria prevention in short-term travelers, Freedman (Aug. 7 issue) 1 offers clinical advice for the family of three described in the vignette. For the 29-year-old wife, who is 15 weeks pregnant and has won a trip to Zambia in a corporate sales comp...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 359; no. 21; pp. 2293 - 2294
Main Author Kurt, Thomas L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 20.11.2008
Subjects
Adult
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Artemisinins - therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Malaria
Malaria - prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - prevention & control
Travel
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Summary:To the Editor: In his Clinical Practice article on malaria prevention in short-term travelers, Freedman (Aug. 7 issue) 1 offers clinical advice for the family of three described in the vignette. For the 29-year-old wife, who is 15 weeks pregnant and has won a trip to Zambia in a corporate sales competition, it might be best to provide a medical letter that she could give to corporate sales, advising postponement of her trip for a year. In addition, Table 3 of the article, which lists prophylactic drug regimens, does not mention the latest artemisinin-based combination therapy. 2 The author replies: Artemisinin derivatives . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc081858