title: [Antimalarial prophylaxis in travelers to malaria risk areas].
abstract: Malaria is one of the most common diseases imported to the Czech Republic with an upward trend in incidence. Travelers are leaving for abroad without antimalarial prophylaxis or refuse preventive antimalarial drugs. Failure to comply with antimalarial prophylaxis in high-risk areas can lead to malaria infection which may manifest itself even after returning home. As the disease is often mistaken for influenza, any traveler to malaria risk areas who presents with fever needs to be tested for malaria. Individual preventive measures consist in the correct use of repellents, insecticides, and bed nets LLITNs, wearing light colored clothing, and regular use of antimalarial prophylaxis.
authors.affiliation: Ústav Preventicniho Lékarství LF UP Olomouc. jana.vlvkova@upol.cz
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vlčková
authors.forename: Václav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rupeš
authors.forename: Zdeněk
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Prokeš
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kollárová
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Horáková
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials