Educating travelers about malaria: dealing with resistance and patient noncompliance.
Malaria is a risk to travelers in many parts of the world. Physicians need to tailor chemoprevention strategies to take into account resistance patterns. Patient education is important, especially for those travelers least likely to comply with prevention strategies. Most travelers who contract malaria do not become ill until they return home, so recognition and treatment are crucial.
Dardick
Kenneth
K
Connecticut Travel Medicine, Storrs 06268, USA. kdardick@dardick.com
D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008288:Malaria / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014195:Travel; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014944:World Health Organization
D000962:Antimalarials; D017780:Malaria Vaccines