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| Jan 24, 2013 at 12:36 | comment | added | Jacco | Malaria tropica is the one strain that can not recur. You will either get sick or the Plasmodium falciparum parasite is killed. (You can, offcourse, get still get sick after leaving malaria tropica area if you stop using your prophylaxis too early.) The other 3 types (yes, there are 4 main types of Malaria: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. ovale) can recur. | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 23:55 | history | edited | Michael Borgwardt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 27, 2011 at 21:51 | comment | added | user141 | +1 @hippietrail I agree with you on travel.se not being the right place | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 12:58 | comment | added | hippietrail | Yes I agree it is a very serious disease but sometimes you can in fact get caught without a doctor so I think the best answers to this question should cover both, as the travel guides do. But I also think it's beyond the scope of this site and belongs somewhere about health and medicine. | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 12:54 | comment | added | user141 | @hippietrail The question was if malaria is not a severe disease. Not what to do if you are far away from medical attention. The best advise is to seek medical attention asap and not DIY. | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 8:42 | comment | added | hippietrail | In fact to the best of my knowledge the very same medicines are used for prophylaxis and treatment. I looked into this quite a bit when I travelled in Central America for a year about five years back. So I would agree with Michael's non-doctorly advice. | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 8:39 | history | edited | Michael Borgwardt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 27, 2011 at 8:00 | history | answered | Michael Borgwardt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |