Congrès
Médecine Tropicale • 2001 • 61 • 1 • 59
Troops deployed in tropical areas are at particular high risk
of malaria, since military operations often expose soldiers to infecting bites where and when mosquito activity is
particularly intense.
Moreover,...
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Congrès
Médecine Tropicale • 2001 • 61 • 1 • 59
Troops deployed in tropical areas are at particular high risk
of malaria, since military operations often expose soldiers to infecting bites where and when mosquito activity is
particularly intense.
Moreover, soldiersoperating in malariaendemic regions are usually non-immune and face the risk
of malaria for longtime, since the average deployment period is usually 3-6 months.
Finally, military missions take
place in areas where malaria control measures are usually
impaired or collapsed, because of ongoing conflicts.
Although the regular use of preventive measures can reduce
man-vector contact (skin-repellents, bed nets) and suppress
or eradicate plasmodial infections (chemoprophylaxis), the
risk of contracting malaria by troops in the field has been particularly important even in recent years (Table I).
THE ITALIAN ARMY STANDPOINT ON MALARIA
CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS
The four chemoprophylactic regimens used by
Italian troops for malaria prevent
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