The small pleasures of the Melanesian forest
All entertainment aside, it is worthwhile advising, for those colleagues and friends who work in North and Central Vanuatu, that I once again came down with malaria, for which radical treatment was necessary (mefloquine+primaquine). As of now I am having a blood smear analysed at an advanced immunology facility because it appears that I may have contracted a doxycicline-resistant strain. If this were the case, it will be important to put the word out through the Vanuatu Ministry of Health. But hopefully it will not be. I will be posting an update soon.
April 19, 2008 at 11:04 am
[...] and old-school SciFi Shortly after I returned from Vanuatu and was down with malaria (incidentally, no definitive results regarding the malarial strain, except that it MAY have been [...]
March 23, 2009 at 5:47 am
Can you inform me if you were diagnosed as my son was in pele Nov 2007 and has had symptoms every 4-6 weeks of malaria and is now being seen by a diagnostic specialist and we are looking at different strains. a friend came back with Plasmodium falciparum but doesnt match his prolonged systems. my phone is ******* australia or email would be greatly appreciated. thanks shelley