Medicines for the Prevention of Malaria While Traveling: Atovaquone-Proguanil (Malarone) [2013]

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• Alternative Title:
  Medicines for the Prevention of Malaria While Traveling: Atovaquone-Proguanil (Malarone) [English]
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
• Description:
  What is atovaquone-proguanil? Atovaquone-proguanil is a combination of two drugs, atovaquone and proguanil, in a single tablet. It is available in the United States by prescription only. It is sold under the brand name Malarone and it is also sold as a generic medicine in two sizes: Adult tablet: 250mg atovaquone plus 100mg proguanil; Pediatric tablet: 62.5mg atovaquone plus 25mg proguanil. Atovaquone-proguanil can be prescribed for either prevention or treatment of malaria. This fact sheet provides information about its use for the prevention of malaria infection associated with travel.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date estimated from document properties; no publication on resource.
• Subjects:
  Antimalarials Atovaquone Drug Combinations Drug Therapy, Combination Malaria / Prevention & Control Proguanil Travel
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Africa ; Asia ; South America ; North America
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  Center for Global Health (CGH)
• Division:
  DPDM - Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Travel Health
• Location:
  Africa ; Asia ; South America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7467e6100093407289a31be6859549b6e3674944c8b1ff449f577274644a1a6983cb4f5be6632bf06b51f0c7c3037ce3fede9a706fa779958991309124938928
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27958/cdc_27958_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 585.11 KB ]