Risk of Malaria among Travelers

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To the Editor: Three years ago1 my colleagues and I reported that 85 per cent of a group of travelers (including a physician and two nurses) in Belize, a malarious Central American country, were not taking chloroquine prophylaxis. However, 75 per cent of the group had consulted a physician or health department for health advice before departure, and frequently the advice given was either inaccurate or incomplete.Since 1977 the number of imported cases of malaria has risen dramatically. In the first four months of 1980, 481 cases of malaria were reported2 to the Center for Disease Control — more . . .

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