Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Envoi
1. Travelers Malaria: Some Historic Perspectives
2. Global Epidemiology of Malaria
3. Geographic Distribution of Malaria at Travelers Destinations
4. Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers
5. Surveillance networks for malaria in travelers
6. The Parasite
7. Malaria Drug Resistance
8. The Vector and Measures Against Mosquito Bites
9. Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Non-immune Visitors to Endemic Countries
10. Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis
10.1 Chloroquine and Combinations
10.2 Hydroxychloroquine
10.3 Azithromycin
10.4 Mefloquine
10.5 Doxycyline
10.6 Primaquine
10.7 AtovaquoneProguanil
10.8 Tafenoquine to be merged with A.Magill?
11. Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers
11.1 Long-Term Travelers
11.2 Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention
11.3 Military and Maritime Perspectives for Malaria Prevention
11.4 Migrants
11.5 Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants and Young Children
11.6 Senior Citizen travelers?
11.7 Immunocompromised Travelers
12. Vivax Malaria and PART
13. Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids
14. Clinical Features of Malaria in Returning Travelers and Migrants
15. Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers
16. Use of Rapid Malaria Tests for and by travelers
17. Clinical Treatment of Malaria in Returned Travelers
18. Artemisinin combinations
19. Standby Emergency Treatment by Travelers
20. Malaria Deaths in Travelers
21. Counterfeit anti-malarials
22. Odyssean and Non-Mosquito Transmitted Forms of Malaria
23. The Changing Geography of Malaria
24. Destination South Africa/Destination India
25. Malaria Vaccines
26. Imported Malaria

About the Author

Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor PhD Insitute of Social and Preventative Medicine University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland