Therefore, most Canadians returning to their native countries are quite susceptible to malaria, and in fact account for the majority of our imported cases. If I take antimalarials, there will be nothing left to treat me if I do get malaria. The drug of choice may depend upon where you are, i.e. downtown Toronto versus Timbuktu, and how sick you are. Sometimes a drug such as quinine or halofantrine will have to be used with extra caution if the patient has recently been on mefloquine, as all can have cardiac side effects. But having been on an antimalarial certainly doesn't leave a malaria sufferer without additional treatment options.
Malaria is a treatable disease when treated quickly and correctly.
When travellers die of malaria, it is usually because of delayed or inadequate treatment. He is a family physician with training from the London School of Tropical Medicine in Tropical Diseases. He is a parent himself and often see potential adoptive parents in his clinic. Dr. Wise gives lectures and writes articles on the subject of travel medicine, for both medical and non-medical groups.