Articles Tagged With: Malaria
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Mefloquine: Still Effective and Still Safe for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis
Mefloquine is known as an effective agent for malaria chemoprophylaxis. However, concerns about serious adverse effects have limited its use. Now, a careful review of data suggests that fatal outcomes related to mefloquine prophylaxis are very rare.
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Decreasing Malaria Mortality in Africa
Malaria mortality in Africa has decreased by approximately 57% during the past 15 years, but some areas still have low level use of bed nets, low coverage with antimalarial medication, and higher death rates due to malaria. At the same time, anti-malarial measures are still important for individuals traveling to endemic areas.
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Malaria in the United States
The number of reported cases of malaria in the United States in 2013 increased slightly over the previous year, while the 10 reported deaths were the most since 2001.
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Malaria: Getting Better, but Still a Long Way To Go
While significant progress has been made in the control of malaria, the number of cases remains huge — an estimated 198 million cases and 584,000 deaths in 2013.
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Malaria in Pregnancy — Good News, Bad News, and Opportunity
With waning natural immunity against malaria, women face increased adverse consequences of malaria infection during pregnancy. As malaria is being conquered, good clinical care of vulnerable individuals is still essential.
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Travel Medicine: News You Can Use
In May, 1,296 travel medicine specialists gathered in Quebec City, Canada, for the 14th biannual conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Several of the topics discussed are practically relevant to readers of Infectious Disease Alert, so we offer this Top 10 list of news items.
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Additional Notes from the ASTMH Meeting
Conference coverage: emerging infections and outbreaks, malaria, schistosomiasis, bacterial infections -
Rapid Malaria Diagnosis
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Chemoprophylaxis of Malaria — 2000