Subacute Clinical Forms of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Travelers Receiving Chloroquine?Proguanil Prophylaxis
Open Access
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (1) , e1-e2
- https://doi.org/10.1086/320872
Abstract
We have observed 4 French travelers, returning from African countries, who were not immune to malaria and were receiving chloroquine-proguanil prophylaxis, in whom the diagnosis of malaria could easily have been missed because the clinical signs were uncommon. These cases suggest that chloroquine-proguanil prophylaxis is not always effective and that travelers with unexplained symptoms should be monitored closely for malaria.Keywords
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