Medications 

The most common antimalarial drugs include:

Chloroquine phosphate

• • Preferred treatment

  • It can be an effective treatment because the parasites can be resistant to chloroquine in many part of the world especially who is infected with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium knowlesi.

Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) 

• • Combination of two or more drugs that work in different ways

  • The preferred treatment for chloroquine-resistant malaria 

  • Examples: artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem) and artesunate-mefloquine

Atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone)

Quinine sulfate (Qualaquin) with doxycycline (Oracea, Vibramycin, others)

Primaquine phosphate

Prevention

• Apply mosquito repellent with DEET (diethyltoluamide) to exposed skin

• Drape mosquito netting over beds, keep windows and doors closed, put screens on windows and doors and also repair broken screening on windows, doors, porches, and patios to keep mosquitoes from biting, especially at night

• Treat clothing, mosquito nets, tents, sleeping bags and other fabrics with an insect repellent called permethrin. Do not use permethrin products directly on the skin

• Wear loose-fitting, long pants and long sleeves to cover skin at night if out-of-door

• Empty standing water at least once a week to prevent mosquitos from laying eggs

• Taking antimalarial medication to kill the parasites and prevent becoming ill if travelling to an area where malaria is common