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tass1
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject: Malaria Bali? |
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I will be teaching in Bali for a year and I was wondering if I should get a prescription for methloquine? It seems like a pretty insano drug to take weekly for a year, so I don't want to take it if it is not necessary. Does anyone know the status of malaria in Bali?
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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Zero malaria. Bank on it. The surrounding islands do have it, Lombok and the Gili islands have not eradicated malaria. |
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:50 pm Post subject: Re: Malaria Bali? |
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tass1 wrote: |
I will be teaching in Bali for a year and I was wondering if I should get a prescription for methloquine? |
The best person to ask for medical advice is a local doctor - but I find it very hard to believe there'd be much likelihood of catching malaria on Bali!
BTW the number one killer of foreigners in Indonesia is motorcycle accidents, so be careful when climbing on the back of an ojak! |
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reality
Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 105
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:15 pm Post subject: Not Malaria but Dengue fever |
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I caught Dengue fever in Bali, and was delirious for a week. There maybe isn't Malaria in some parts of Indonesia, but all areas carry some risk of dengue fever. |
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