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Malaria Antibodies and Mefloquine Levels among United Nations Troops in Angola

Author(s) -

Eli Schwartz,

Florian Paul,

Hedva Pener,

Shlomo Almog,

Michal Rotenberg,

Jacob Golenser

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2001.24436

Subject(s) - mefloquine , malaria , medicine , chemoprophylaxis , serology , malaria prophylaxis , immunology , regimen , antibody , virology , chloroquine

The United Nations deployed about 8,000 soldiers in a peacekeeping mission in Angola. Malaria is the most common disease there and consequently it was the major risk to the UN troops. Most of them are from malaria free areas. As a result of improper prophylactic measures there were many cases of malaria, including some deaths in 1995. In February-March 1996, an Israeli team was sent to Angola to evaluate the malaria situation among UN soldiers. This paper deals specifically with some aspects of chemoprophylaxis and diagnosis. The efforts were concentrated in one particular area where malaria incidence had been reported as the highest.

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