Accompanying this issue of CMAJ is the Canada Diseases Weekly Report supplement"
Canadian recommendations for the prevention and treatment of malaria among international …

In 1986, after a steady increase since 1983, Plasmodium falciparum became the leading
cause ofmalaria among patients at two of Canada's largest tropical disease …

Malaria continues to be a major international public health problem but many Australians
who travel overseas are ill-informed of the risk of infection and have inadequate protection …

Background Malaria prevention in travellers is typically the most complex travel health issue
faced by practitioners. Approximately 300 to 500 million people in the world are infected with …

Preview The number of Americans contracting malaria during overseas travel increased
significantly in the last decade. This is due partly to increased travel but also to the fact that …

Australia is free from endemic malaria but several hundred imported cases occur each year.
Notification and screening data on malaria cases are collected by State and Territory health …

These guidelines on malaria prevention are an aid to health care workers who advise
travellers, particularly those who will be overseas for less than a year. They represent a …

The growing popularity of travel to the tropics (more than 9 million tourists arrive in Africa
each year and more than 32 million in Asia and the southwestern Pacific region1) is placing …

EACH year, approximately 1 million Americans travel to countries where they may be
exposed to malaria. 1 Infections withPlasmodium falciparumin such travelers are of …

Background On behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Committee to Advise on
Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT) developed the Canadian Recommendations for the …