Burma (Myanmar)
Yellow Fever
- Requirements: Required if traveling from a country with risk of YF virus transmission and ≥1 year of age, including transit >12 hours in an airport located in a country with risk of YF virus transmission. 1
- Recommendations: None
Malaria
- Areas with malaria: Present at altitudes <1,000 m (3,281 ft), including Bagan. Rare transmission above 1,000 m (3,281 ft) (Map 2-7).
- Drug resistance 3: Chloroquine and mefloquine.
- Malaria species: P. falciparum 60%, P. vivax 35%, P. malariae, P. ovale, and P. knowlesi rare.
- Recommended chemoprophylaxis: In the provinces of Bago, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Shan, and Tanintharyi <1,000 m (3,281 ft): Atovaquone-proguanil, doxycycline, or tafenoquine. 4
- All other areas <1,000 m (3,281 ft): Atovaquone-proguanil, doxycycline, mefloquine, or tafenoquine. 4
- Above 1,000 m (3,281 ft): None (practice mosquito avoidance).
Map 2-7. Malaria in Burma
Citation
Brunette, Gary W., editor. "Burma (Myanmar)." CDC Yellow Book, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018. Relief Central, relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204235/all/Burma__Myanmar_.
Burma (Myanmar). In: Brunette GWG, ed. CDC Yellow Book. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2018. https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204235/all/Burma__Myanmar_. Accessed December 8, 2023.
Burma (Myanmar). (2018). In Brunette, G. W. (Ed.), CDC Yellow Book. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204235/all/Burma__Myanmar_
Burma (Myanmar) [Internet]. In: Brunette GWG, editors. CDC Yellow Book. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2018. [cited 2023 December 08]. Available from: https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204235/all/Burma__Myanmar_.
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