title: [Malaria and life at sea: prophylactic regimens on merchant ships].
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe requirements for protection/treatment of malaria on merchant ships. The first part of the article reviews recent data on the incidence of malaria in seagoing personnel. The second part provides advice on mosquito-bite prevention on merchant ships. The third part presents the most important information on prophylaxis for seafarers working in malarial risk areas. Several regimens are proposed. The last part of the article discusses curative treatment for malaria on merchant ships.
authors.affiliation: Cabinet médical, Rochefort, France. sylvain-michot@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michot
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008889:Military Personnel; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012767:Ships