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  1. Tafenoquine (Oral Route) Proper Use - Mayo Clinic

    Dosing · For preventing malaria: Adults: Before your trip (loading dose)—Two 100 milligrams (mg) tablets taken together once daily for 3 days. · For preventing ...

  2. Halofantrine (Oral Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    Malaria transmission occurs in large areas of Central and South America, Hispaniola, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, ...

  3. Chloroquine (Oral Route) Side Effects - Mayo Clinic

    Chloroquine is used to prevent and treat malaria. It is also used to treat liver infection caused by protozoa (extraintestinal amebiasis). Using this medicine ...

  4. Doxycycline (Oral Route) Proper Use - Mayo Clinic

    If you are using this medicine to prevent malaria while traveling, start taking the medicine 1 or 2 days before you travel. Take the medicine every day during ...

  5. Artesunate (Intravenous Route) Description and Brand Names - Mayo Clinic

    It treats malaria, a red blood cell infection transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. However, this medicine is not used to prevent malaria. This medicine is ...

  6. World Mosquito Day: Mosquitoes carry viruses and parasites that can cause severe illness - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Other mosquito-borne infections include yellow fever, malaria and some types of brain infection (encephalitis). Mosquito bite signs include: A puffy, white ...

  7. Infectious Diseases - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly[...].

  8. Hydroxychloroquine (Oral Route) Precautions - Mayo Clinic

    Malaria is spread by the bites of certain kinds of infected female mosquitoes. If you are living in or will be traveling to an area where there is a chance ...

  9. Hydroxychloroquine (Oral Route) Side Effects - Mayo Clinic

    Hydroxychloroquine is used to treat malaria. It is also used to prevent malaria infection in areas or regions where there is no known medicine (eg, chloroquine) ...

  10. Infectious diseases - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Mosquitoes can carry the malaria parasite or West Nile virus. Deer ticks may carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Food contamination. Disease-causing ...