The low and declining risk of malaria in travellers to Latin America: is there still an indication for chemoprophylaxis?

B Roshanravan; Bernadette Carroll; Bjørn Myrvang; C Verret; CDC; CF Hatz; Christoph Hatz; E Bottieau; Fabrice Legros; Heli Siikamäki; J Skarbinski; J Thwing; Jiri Beran; L Rombo; Leo Visser; LM Causer; MJ Eliades; MR Lehky Hagen; Nikolai Mühlberger; Olivier Bouchaud; P Schlagenhauf; PAHO; PL Chiodini; RH Behrens; Ron H Behrens; S E; S Filler; S Shah; Tomas Jelinek; Urban Hellgren; WT Organisation; WT Organization

The low and declining risk of malaria in travellers to Latin America: is there still an indication for chemoprophylaxis?

Authors: B Roshanravan
Bernadette Carroll
Bjørn Myrvang
C Verret
CDC
CF Hatz
Christoph Hatz
E Bottieau
Fabrice Legros
Heli Siikamäki
J Skarbinski
J Thwing
Jiri Beran
L Rombo
Leo Visser
LM Causer
MJ Eliades
MR Lehky Hagen
Nikolai Mühlberger
Olivier Bouchaud
P Schlagenhauf
PAHO
PL Chiodini
RH Behrens
Ron H Behrens
S E
S Filler
S Shah
Tomas Jelinek
Urban Hellgren
WT Organisation
WT Organization
Publication date: 1 January 2007
Publisher: BioMed Central
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Abstract

A comparison was made between local malaria transmission and malaria imported by travellers to identify the utility of national and regional annual parasite index (API) in predicting malaria risk and its value in generating recommendations on malaria prophylaxis for travellers