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Old 5th Aug 2011, 12:17
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My suggestion (if you want medical advice go to a doctor), based on experience in Africa..

Don't take anything; where long clothes from dusk to dawn (long trousers, long sleeve shirts), sleep under a net, and use an anti-mosquito cream, like tabbard (better than the sprays and you can get more even coverage).

Keep plenty Artemisinin handy - make sure you get it from a reliable source e.g. before you go in country (there is a lot of fake on the market in Africa - even from the ER in hospitals who were duped!).

The moment you feel poorly take the Artemisinin. (headaches, fly like symptoms, tiredness)

If you use it as a prophylactic it will make you used to it and reduce or remove its effectiveness.
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