Question: I have a G6PD and I'm traveling to Nigeria They have told me that i have to get the vaccine Can I get it or is there any alternative for it?Answer: There is no commercially available vaccine for malaria so you should check with your medical practitioner to which vaccine he or she is referring.If you have G6PD, you should be able to take most common forms of medication used to … [Read more...]
I have G6PD… Can I Take Preventive Malaria Medication
Question: I have G6pd [Editor's note: this stands for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency]. Will I be able to take malaria medication? What do I have to do to ensure I will not have a reaction to drugs and how safe is it for me? I am planning a trip to China and Cambodia next year. There are other areas I want to travel also with malaria. I did not know I had this until I ate fava beans … [Read more...]
New Anti-Malarial Drug Target
An international team of scientists have identified the first reported inhibitors of a key enzyme involved in survival of the parasite responsible for malaria. Their findings, which may provide the basis for anti-malarial drug development, are currently published in the online version of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.Tropical malaria is responsible for more than 1.2 million deaths … [Read more...]