Travelers' Malaria (Book with CD-ROM)

Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland. Discusses the new tools use to fight the threat of malaria in non-immune travelers. Tools include new medications, improved protective strategies, new diagnostic methods, and novel approaches to surveillance. For health professionals concerned with travel medicine. CD contains complete text and illustrations of the book.

Foreword

ix

Preface

x

Acknowledgments

xi

Envoi

xii

Travelers' Malaria: Some Historic Perspectives

1

(13)

Patricia Schlagenhauf

Global Epidemiology of Malaria

14

(42)

Dieter Sturchler

Geographic Distribution of Malaria at Travelers Destinations

56

(38)

Maia Funk-Baumann

Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers

94

(10)

Tomas Jelinek

The Parasite

104

(15)

David C. Warhurst

The Vector and Measures Against Mosquito Bites

119

(30)

Matius P. Sturchler

Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Nonimmune Visitors to Endemic Countries

149

(186)

Robert Steffen

Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis

Chloroquine and Combinations

163

(20)

Ashley M. Croft

Katie G. Geary

Azithromycin

183

(5)

Jeanine Bygott

Graham Fry

Mefloquine

188

(22)

Patricia Schlagenhauf

Doxycycline

210

(9)

Carrie Beallor

Kevin C. Kain

Primaquine

219

(8)

Eli Schwartz

Atovaquone/Proguanil

227

(20)

G. Dennis Shanks

Tafenoquine

247

(14)

Robert A. Gasser, Jr.

Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers

Long-Term Travelers

261

(9)

Hans O. Lobel

A. Russell Gerber

Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention

270

(7)

J. Kevin Baird

Military Perspectives for Malaria Prevention

277

(8)

Anne E. McCarthy

Migrants

285

(18)

Louis Loutan

Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants and Young Children

303

(21)

Aafje E.C. Rietveld

Immunocompromised Travelers

324

(11)

Dominique Tessier

Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids

335

(36)

Yngve Bergqvist

Clinical Features of Malaria in Returning Travelers and Migrants

371

(22)

Blaise Genton

Valerie D'Acremont

Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers

393

(30)

Martin P. Grobusch

Gerd-Dieter Burchard

Use of Rapid Malaria Tests for and by Travelers

423

(8)

Hans D. Nothdurft

Tomas Jelinek

Clinical Treatment of Malaria in Returned Travelers

431

(15)

Christoph S. R. Hatz

Standby Emergency Treatment by Travelers

446

(17)

Patricia Schlagenhauf

Odyssean and Non-mosquito-Transmitted Forms of Malaria

463

(11)

Margaretha Issaacson

John A. Frean

Malaria Vaccines

474

(21)

Kimberly A. Moran

Kent E. Kester

Imported Malaria

495

(14)

Patricia Schlagenhauf

Patric Muentener

Closing the Circle

509

(7)

Jay Keystone

Phyllis Kozarsky

Appendices

516

(7)

Index

523

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