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Canadian Recommendations for the Prevention and
Treatment of Malaria Among International Travellers 2004

Volume: 26S2 - March 2000

2000 Canadian recommendations for the prevention and treatment of malaria among international travellers


prepared by the

COMMITTEE TO ADVISE ON TROPICAL MEDICINE AND TRAVEL (CATMAT)

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Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Prevention

3. Chemoprophylactic Regimens

4. Prevention of Malaria in Special Hosts

5. Malaria Prevention in the Long-Term Traveller or Expatriate

6. Self Treatment of Presumptive Malaria

7. Diagnosis of Malaria

8. Treatment of Malaria

9. New Drugs for the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria

Appendix I: Malaria Risk by Geographic Area in Countries with Endemic Malaria

Appendix II: Strength and Quality of Evidence Summary Sheet

Appendix III: Checklist for Travellers to Malarial Areas

Appendix IV: Misconceptions about Malaria and Mefloquine

Appendix V: Contact Information for Malaria Centres of Excellence


Any enquiries may be directed to the

Travel Medicine Program
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Tunney's Pasture Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0L2

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