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When I went to Namibia recently, which had some new cases of malaria, I was given "Malarone", an oral pill taken a couple days before, and each day during, and
by andirk 3y ago
When I went to Namibia recently, which had some new cases of malaria, I was given "Malarone", an oral pill taken a couple days before, and each day during, and a couple days after. Luckily, I didn't see any mosquitos at all, the main vehicle for malaria.
- laurencerowe 3y agoMalarone is a prophylaxis rather than a vaccine, you're taking the drug to treat malaria preemptively to prevent an infection from taking hold. Unlike a vaccine it does not trigger your immune system into developing immunity that would work after you stop taking it.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoMalarone (an antimalarial prophylaxis, not a vaccine) has been around for a couple of decades already. It is still new enough to be costly, however. In the overlanding-through-Africa community, those using Malarone are often seen as relatively posh compared to e.g. the skint backpackers that have to resort to the cheap standard doxycycline.
- Arubis 3y agoAnything to stay off Lariam. Even doxy is fancy by comparison.