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Areas of Mexico with Malaria: Limited to areas infrequently visited by travelers, including small foci along the Guatemala and Belize borders in the states of Chiapas, Quintana Roo, and Tabasco; rural areas in the states of Nayarit, Oaxaca, and Sinaloa; and in an area between 24°N and 28°N latitude, and 106°W and 110°W longitude, which lies in parts of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango. No malaria along the United States-Mexico border and in the major resorts along the Pacific and Gulf coasts.
If you will be visiting an area of Mexico with malaria, you will need to discuss with your doctor the best ways for you to avoid getting sick with malaria. Ways to prevent malaria include the following:
Primaquine is the preferred antimalarial drug (only after G6PD testing) in Mexico. Atovaquone/proguanil, chloroquine, doxycycline, and mefloquine are alternative choices.
To find out more information on malaria throughout the world, you can use the interactive CDC malaria map. You can search or browse countries, cities, and place names for more specific malaria risk information and the recommended prevention medicines for that area.
All CDC Travel Immunization Injections and Vaccinations for Hepatitis A, Influenza, Typhoid Fever, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Hepatitis B, Meningococcal (Meningitis), Rabies, Yellow Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, Polomyelitis, Measles Mumps, Rubella, Pertusis, Pneumonia, H1N1, Polio, Cholera, Malaria, TBE
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