[La Lydia]

Did he go without taking the malaria medicine? You have to start taking it before you travel, keep taking it, and continue after you return. I can’t remember for how long.

[ANGGAPO]

Way back in WWII we were given Atabrine, a vile tasting, little yellow pill. It prevented an “attack” of Malaria. However the parasite, if you had been infected, was alive and well in your Liver, and would remain there. I was told that if I remained in good health I would be OK, ????????

[wtc911]

You start with one pill a week two weeks before you travel, one pill per week while travelling and one pill per week for two weeks after you return. I do work in Haiti and I never miss a dosage.

The meds are not a vaccine, they just inhibit the symptoms, in most cases.

[Grizzled Bear]

Did he go without taking the malaria medicine? You have to start taking it before you travel, keep taking it, and continue after you return. I can’t remember for how long.

I started mephlaquin (sp) about two weeks before going to Afghanistan. At the end of the deployment, the med tech gave me a different pill that was supposed to wipe out any parasites that I might have carried.

I also pretreated my uniforms with permethrin.