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Afghanistan
Malaria
risk below 2000 metres from May to
Nov
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Armenia
Malaria
risk in some villages in the Ararat
Valley, mainly in the Masis district,
from June to October - Regimen 3.
No risk in the main tourist areas
Regimen 4.
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Azerbaijan
Limited
malaria risk from June to October
in the south border area and Khachmas.
Also in lowland areas, mainly in the
areas between the Kura and the Arax
rivers.
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Bahrain
No malaria
risk
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Bangladesh
High malaria
risk in the south east and Chittagong
Hill Tracts - Regimen 1. All other
areas - Regimen 2.
No risk in Dhaka city - Regimen 4.
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Bhutan
Risk
of Malaria is only present in the
southern districts of Bhutan.
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Brunei
No malaria
risk
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Cambodia
Malaria risk
is present throughout the country
including the areas around the famous
temple complex of Angkor Wat near
Siem Reap - Regimen 1.
Risk
is minimal in the capital city
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Phnom
Penh, the nearby Mekong river
delta and in the rice growing areas
around the large inland lake of Tonle
Sap - Regimen 4.
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Note:
There is mefloquine resistance present
in western provinces & the border
with Thailand.
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China
Urban and
densely populated areas are normally
malaria free.
Serious risk of malaria in China is
now confined to a few areas not normally
visited by package tourists or business
travellers but may be visited by backpackers
or voluntary workers.
Risk
is present only on Hainan island,
in Yunnan province and sporadically
in Guangxi province - Regimen 1.
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Less
serious malaria occurs in a few isolated
areas in the 'flood' plains of the
Yangtze (Chang Jiang) and Yellow (Huang
He) rivers - specifically within
the provinces of Fujian, Guangxi,
Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan and Xizang
(along the valley of the Zangbo river).
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Isolated
cases occasionally occur in other
parts of the country Regimen 3.
All other regions including the main
tourist areas - very little risk,
avoid mosquito bites - Regimen 4.
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Georgia
Malaria
risk in some areas located in the
south eastern part of the country
from July to October.
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Hong
Kong
Very low
malaria risk - avoid mosquito bites.
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India
Malaria risk
exists in all Indian states below
2000m especially in rural areas and
Goa particularly areas north of Panaji
- Regimen 2.
Low risk in the southern states of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and
southern Andhra Pradesh including
Hyderabad and the city of Mumbai -
Regimen 3.
Low risk also in the northern states
of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab
and the cities of Delhi and Aggra.
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In
these low risk areas it may not be
necessary to take antimalarial medication
especially if travel is restricted
to urban areas - Regimen 3 or 4.
Very low to no risk in northern mountain
states including the high altitude
Himalayan states of Jammu and Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim - Regimen
4.
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High
risk in the eastern state of Assam
where resistance to chloroquine has
been reported - Regimen 1.
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Indonesia
including Bali
There is
a malaria risk throughout Indonesia
all year round but the risk is small
in all large cities like Jakarta and
the tourist resorts on the islands
of Bali and Java - Regimen 4.
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should be aware that the malaria risk
is substantial in islands close to Bali
and Java which may be visited on excursions
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West Papua (previously Irian Jaya) and
East Timor - Regimen 1
All other areas except cities - Regimen
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Iran
Malaria
risk is minimal in areas north of
the Zagros mountains and in western
and south-western regions during the
summer months. A more substantial
risk is present from March to November
in the south-eastern provinces of
Sistan - Baluchestan, Hormozgan and
Kerman.
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Iraq
Malaria
risk in northern rural areas and Basrah
province in the south from May to
November.
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Israel
No malaria
risk
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