A person wants to visit a malaria endemic area of low level chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria. The best chemoprophylaxis is -
- in areas of chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria, the chemoprophylaxis is mefloquine. - weekly mefloquine should preferably be staed before depaure to malaria endemic areas, to achieve higher pre travel blood level. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:268 <\p>
Chlorquine
Proguanil + Pyrimethamine
Sulfadoxine + Pyrimethamine
Mefloquine
Communicable diseases