Relapsing malaria: two cases of malaria presenting 8 months after return from Africa despite adherence to antimalarial chemoprophylaxis

摘要

It has become increasingly common for UK patients to travel to malarial regions: in 2004 over 2.5 million visits were made by UK individuals to countries in which malaria is endemic, representing a 300% increase since 1987.1 Malaria prophylaxis routinely provided in general practice comprises atovaquone–proguanil, mefloquine, doxycycline, or chloroquine plus proguanil. This article describes two cases of malaria that presented 8 months after foreign travel, despite adherence to antimalarial prophylaxis.