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Prevention of Malaria

January 3, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How do I prevent malaria? ANSWER There are a number of ways to prevent malaria. These can be placed into two categories: medication and vector protection. For medication, there are drugs you can take to prevent the malaria parasite from developing after someone is bitten by an infected mosquito. These drugs are known as "chemoprophylaxis". There are several different kinds, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Atovaquone, Chemoprophylaxis, Chloroquine, Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria, Doxycycline, indoor residual spraying, insect repellent, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, Malaria Prevention, Malarone, Mefloquine, proguanil

Malaria Prevention

December 25, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION what is the prevention of malaria? ANSWER There are many ways in which to prevent malaria. I'll break them down into three categories: 1) medical prevention, 2) protection from getting mosquito bites and 3) vector control. 1) Medical prevention Malaria can be prevented using certain medications. Taking drugs to prevent a disease is known as "chemoprophylaxis", and so these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Anopheles, Atovaquone, Bednets, biological control, Chloroquine, DDT, DEET, Doxycycline, indoor residual spraying, Intermittent preventive therapy, Lariam, long-lasting insecticide treated bednets, long-sleeved clothing, Malaria Prevention, Malaria Prophylaxis, Malaria transmission, Malarone, proguanil, Pyrethroids, vector control, World Health Organisation

Antimalarial Drug Therapeutic Life

December 5, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 1 Comment

QUESTION Why do some antimalarial drugs have long therapeutic life while others have short therapeutic lives? ANSWER Different anti-malarial drugs target slightly different aspects of the malaria Plasmodium parasite, and so are made with different chemical structures. The differences in therapeutic life across different malaria drugs has to do with the specific pharmacokinetic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: 4-aminoquinoline, amodioquine, anti-malarial drugs, Atovaquone, biological half life, Chloroquine, dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, drug resistance, Lariam, Malaria Treatment, Malarone, Mefloquine, Plasmodium, proguanil, quinoline methanol

How is Malaria Treated

November 11, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How is malaria treated? ANSWER This answer is copied from an earlier question about the various available cures for malaria. Malaria can be cured with a number of different medications, depending on then type of malaria and how far the disease has been progressed. For standard, non-complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria, the World Health Organisation recommends use of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Atovaquone, Coartem, hypnozoites, Mefloquine, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax, Primaquine, proguanil, pyrimethamine, Quinine, relapse, sulfonamides

Medicines to Prevent Malaria?

November 5, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Which medicines are used to prevent malaria? ANSWER There are a number of drugs used to prevent malaria infection, known as malaria prophylactic medication. These vary in terms of how they are taken, how long they are taken for, how much they cost and the typical side effects people experience while they are taking them. In addition, some are recommended more highly for certain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Aralen, Atovaquone, choloquine, Doxycycline, Lariam, Malaria Prevention, Malarone, Mefloquine, proguanil, prophylaxis, travel medicine

How is Malaria Cured?

November 4, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How is malaria cured? ANSWER Malaria can be cured with a number of different medications, depending on then type of malaria and how far the disease has been progressed. For standard, non-complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria, the World Health Organisation recommends use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), such as Coartem. This is due to increasing levels of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, Atovaquone, Chloroquine, Malaria Treatment, Mefloquine, Primaquine, proguanil, pyrimethamine, Quinine, sulfonamides, World Health Organisation

Malaria prophylaxis

October 1, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: What name brand medicine should you take if you are traveling to area where malaria is present? ANSWER: That depends on a few factors, such as where exactly you are going, whether you have had bad experiences with any malaria preventative drugs (prophylactics) in the past, and how much money you want to spend! Common brand names of malaria prophylactic drugs include Lariam … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Atovaquone, Doxycycline, Lariam, Larium, Malaria Prevention, Malarone, Mefloquine, proguanil, prophylaxis

Causes of malaria, treatment with drugs and emerging resistance

June 16, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 2 Comments

QUESTION: What is malaria and what causes it besides bacteria? What is the name of the causal agent for malaria, which drug is used to cure it and how do the pathogens become resistant to the drugs? ANSWER: There are many questions in there! Malaria is actually caused by a single-celled animal, called a protozoan; it's not a bacterial disease. There are different species of these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: ACTs, Artemisinin, Atovaquone, Chloroquine, drug resistance, Malaria causes, Malarone, Mefloquine, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax, proguanil, Quinine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

Malaria Prevention

February 19, 2011 By Malaria.com 15 Comments

Malaria prevention consists of a combination of mosquito avoidance measures and chemoprophylaxis. Although very efficacious, none of the recommended interventions are 100% effective. Mosquito Avoidance Measures Because of the nocturnal feeding habits of Anopheles mosquitoes, malaria transmission occurs primarily between dusk and dawn. Contact with mosquitoes can be reduced by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Overview Tagged With: Aralen, Atovaquone, Chemoprophylaxis, Chloroquine, Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria, Chloroquine-Sensitive Malaria, Coumadin, DEET, Doxycycline, Fansidar, G6PD-deficient, Hemolysis, Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Malaria Prevention, Malarone, Mefloquine, Minocycline, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, P. falciparum, Permethrin, Pregnancy and Malaria, Primaquine, proguanil, Quinidine, Quinine, Sulfadoxine–Pyrimethamine, Warfarin

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