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Originally posted by Richard K:
but there arent many mozzies in the desert.
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Depends what you mean by 'the desert'. There were certainly Mosquitoes in Agadez last time I was there and I recall even in Tam. As to whether they were the malaria carrying variety, I don't know.
Anyway, I believe the last time I caught malaria the bite that did it was in Niamey. At the time I was taking Lariam and I still ended up with the parasite. I was treated with chloroquine delivered intravenously and the doctors advised me just to take chloroquine tablets for the rest of my trip through Mali, Guinea and Senegal. I don't know if they knew about Malarone or if it was available in the region.
I didn't catch malaria again and I've used chloroquine tablets on subsequent trips to Mali.
In any case, when in Africa I always carry an emergency malaria treatment kit.
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