Specific population risk groups of Malaria
include :
- Traveller or visitors to endemic areas
- Pregnant woman
- Infants and children under five years old
- Patients with HIV/AIDS
- Army personnel
- Loggers/rubber tappers
- Workers in endemic areas e.g . dam construction, plantation
Table below shows drugs that can be used as prophylaxis for
Malaria :
- Table below shows prophylaxis drug for malaria in Malaysia from Yellow Book Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
References
- Management Guidelines of Malaria in Malaysia 2013
- https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/travelers/country_table/m.html
- http://www.who.int/malaria/areas/high_risk_groups/en/
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