Malaria acquired in Bali
Munckhof, W.J.; Grayson, M.L.; Turnidge, J.D.
Medical Journal of Australia 163(2): 111
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 7616891 Document Number: 454582
A case of malaria is reported in a 21-year-old man from Australia who had a 10-day holiday in Bali. He stayed in a 5-star resort in Nusa Dua, and made several day trips by motorbike. His antimalarial medication consisted of 2 chloroquine tablets/week (300 mg chloroquine) starting 2 weeks before travel and concluding 3 weeks after return; he missed one dose while in Bali. He presented 6 weeks after returning, having had 3 weeks of fever and myalgia. Blood films showed Plasmodium vivax and he responded well to standard therapy with chloroquine and primaquine.