Major variations in malaria exposure of travellers in rural areas: an entomological cohort study in western Côte d'Ivoire.

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Orlandi-Pradines, Eve | Rogier, Christophe | Koffi, Bernard | Jarjaval, Fanny | Bell, Melissa | Machault, Vanessa | Pons, Christophe | Girod, Romain | Boutin, Jean-Paul | Pagès, Frédéric

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International audience. The level of malaria transmission and malaria risk varies widely (varying by a factor of eleven) between groups of travellers travelling in the same region and at the same time. Physicians involved in travel medicine or supporting expatriated populations or refugees should consider this heterogeneity and emphasize the importance of combining appropriate measures, such as chemoprophylaxis and protective measures against mosquitoes.

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