Personal antimosquito measures plus proguanil for malaria prophylaxis in southern Malaysia.
During the early months of 1985 and 1986, 408 non-immune British soldiers undertook training in the jungles north of Kota Tinggi, in southern Malaysia. In this geographical location, where malaria transmission is now light, a combination of strict personal antimosquito measures plus proguanil 200 mg daily produced effective, safe protection, with only a single case of vivax malaria occurring. Given the limited malaria risk, however, the results of this study should be extrapolated only with caution to other areas of Malaysia.
D003020:Clothing; D006801:Humans; D007302:Insect Repellents; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009032:Mosquito Control; D002727:Proguanil / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D007302:Insect Repellents; D002727:Proguanil