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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 796654" data-attributes="member: 12827">There is one thing you also need to make sure you carry with you at all times and it is far more important than any camera or lens. It is an EFFECTIVE insect repellant. One with DEET is the best. Malaria, which kills more people worldwide than any other disease, is rampant in many parts of Africa. It only takes a single bite from an infected Anopheles mosquito to contract the disease. There are 4 common strains (species) of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, some of which cause acute (you get sick and then get over it) disease and some which cause chronic (you get sick, get over it and then suffer relapses the rest of your life) disease and you can't tell which one you have until you get sick and blood tests identify the species. If your doctor will do it, get him to write you a prescription for sulfamethoxazole to be taken prophylactically starting a week before you go, the duration you will be there and at least a week after you get home. That will provide the best protection. When I was in college in the 70's I worked in the micro labs of a drug company and we worked with several Plasmodium species. We took the company's sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim drug (Septra) for the entirety of the work we did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 796654, member: 12827"] There is one thing you also need to make sure you carry with you at all times and it is [I]far more important [/I]than any camera or lens. It is an EFFECTIVE insect repellant. One with DEET is the best. Malaria, which kills more people worldwide than any other disease, is [I]rampant [/I]in many parts of Africa. It only takes a single bite from an infected [I]Anopheles[/I] mosquito to contract the disease. There are 4 common strains (species) of the malaria parasite, [I]Plasmodium, [/I]some of which cause acute (you get sick and then get over it) disease and some which cause chronic (you get sick, get over it and then suffer relapses the rest of your life) disease and you can't tell which one you have until you get sick and blood tests identify the species. If your doctor will do it, get him to write you a prescription for sulfamethoxazole to be taken prophylactically starting a week before you go, the duration you will be there and at least a week after you get home. That will provide the best protection. When I was in college in the 70's I worked in the micro labs of a drug company and we worked with several [I]Plasmodium[/I] species. We took the company's sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim drug (Septra) for the entirety of the work we did. [/QUOTE]

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