Mexico

Yellow Fever

  • Requirements: None
  • Recommendations: None

Malaria

  • Areas with malaria: Present in Chiapas and southern part of Chihuahua. Rare cases in Campeche, Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tabasco. No malaria along the US-Mexico border (Map 2-18).
  • Drug resistance 3: None.
  • Malaria species: P. vivax 100%.
  • Recommended chemoprophylaxis: States of Chiapas and southern part of Chihuahua: Atovaquone-proguanil, chloroquine, doxycycline, mefloquine, primaquine, 4 or tafenoquine. 4 States of Campeche, Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tabasco: None (practice mosquito avoidance).
Map 2-18. Malaria in Mexico
Map 2-18. Malaria in Mexico
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