An adult male living in nonmalarious area has to visit
an area where chloroquine resistant P. falciparum is
prevalent. He is intolerant to mefloquine and his G6PD status is unknown. Select the drug that you will
prescribe for prophylaxis of malaria:
A. Primaquine
B. Doxycycline
C. Amodiaquine
D. Quinine

1 Answer

Answer :

B. Doxycycline

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