Efficacy of antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for travelers.
Nine of 26 French tourists developed malaria after a 2-week stay under field conditions in a highly endemic place in Burkina Faso. A study of their preventive antimalarial measures identified a strong association of malaria attack with absence or inadequacy of chemoprophylaxis but not with mechanic measures.
Sicard
Sébastien
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Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Laveran Military Hospital, Marseille, France.
Simon
Fabrice
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Soula
George
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Gazin
Pierre
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002050:Burkina Faso / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
D000962:Antimalarials