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Overseas refugee health guidelines : Malaria

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    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Global Migration and Quarantine.
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    In addition to the standard, legally required medical examination of refugees migrating to the United States, CDC recommends the following presumptive treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. These recommendations apply to all refugees who are living in countries that are endemic for P. falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, CDC does not recommend presumptive therapy for asymptomatic/subclinical malaria for U.S.-bound refugees relocating fromlowerendemicareasoutsidesub-SaharanAfrica(e.g.Southeast Asia)unlessspecifically identified in subsequent, separate, documents (see Domestic Malaria Guidelines).

    These guidelines are intended for presumptive pre-departure treatment of asymptomatic/subclinicalmalaria andfordirectedtreatmentforspecialpopulationswith malaria. Any patient with clinical symptoms of malaria should be referred to a healthcare facility for evaluation and treatment.

    malaria-overseas-H.pdf

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    8 unnumbered pages
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    urn:sha256:aba28d04c9916cd837b4bdc8ade94a304c5343d4db642808b417dae2e6d104d4
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