Protective clothing

Although it may sound simple, the wearing of clothes that cover your otherwise exposed skin can go a long way to prevent being bitten by the malaria carrying mosquito.

Wear protective clothes such as long pant and long sleeved shirts.

Although the malaria mosquito, the anopheles mosquito, is mostly found in tropical and sub-tropical areas, you can still wear covering clothes - just make sure to take along thin, light colored, light-weight clothes when planning your wardrobe for your time in a malaria-risk area.

Thick socks should also be worn to protect the ankles, since it is normally an exposed area, and the place where may mosquito love to bite.

Other measures to protect yourself

• Using DEET containing insect repellent

• Sleeping under a mosquito net

• Changing your room to prevent mosquitoes entering

Other related information

• General information on malaria
• Types of malaria
• People at high risk of malaria infection
• Lifecycle of the plasmodium parasite
• Preventing malaria
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  • Insect repellent
  • Bed / sleeping mosquito nets
  • Room management
• Diagnosing malaria
• Symptoms of malaria infection
• Anti-malarial drugs
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  • Mefloquine (Larium™)
  • Atovaquone and proguanil combination (Malarone™)
• Testing for malaria
  • Home testing
  • Laboratory testing
  • Other tests that could be done
• Consequences and end result of malaria infection
• Malaria in Southern and South Africa

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  • People at high risk of malaria infection

  • Lifecycle of the plasmodium parasite

  • Preventing malaria

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    • Insect repellent

    • Bed / sleeping mosquito nets

    • Room management

  • Diagnosing malaria

  • Symptoms of malaria infection

  • Anti-malarial drugs

    • Doxycycline

    • Mefloquine (Larium™)

    • Atovaquone and proguanil combination (Malarone™)

  • Testing for malaria

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    • Laboratory testing

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