Malaria Immunization for Colonial Mexico?
Oct 31, 2006 | 7:32 am
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Malaria Immunization for Colonial Mexico?
Not sure where else to put this....
We have some friends who are flying a charter jet to the San Miguel de Allende ( BJX) area to visit us this winter. They are using Netjets who has advised them that malaria immunization (the course of pills) is required for travel into this area. I said that is ridiculous. I checked the CDC and nothing is listed. We have been travelling down there for 20 years and have never heard of any malaria cases in this mountain desert town.....
I suggested my friends try another service if netjets is insistant......
We have some friends who are flying a charter jet to the San Miguel de Allende ( BJX) area to visit us this winter. They are using Netjets who has advised them that malaria immunization (the course of pills) is required for travel into this area. I said that is ridiculous. I checked the CDC and nothing is listed. We have been travelling down there for 20 years and have never heard of any malaria cases in this mountain desert town.....
I suggested my friends try another service if netjets is insistant......
Oct 31, 2006 | 7:49 am
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Originally Posted by david4455
Not sure where else to put this....
We have some friends who are flying a charter jet to the San Miguel de Allende ( BJX) area to visit us this winter. They are using Netjets who has advised them that malaria immunization (the course of pills) is required for travel into this area. I said that is ridiculous. I checked the CDC and nothing is listed. We have been travelling down there for 20 years and have never heard of any malaria cases in this mountain desert town.....
I suggested my friends try another service if netjets is insistant......
We have some friends who are flying a charter jet to the San Miguel de Allende ( BJX) area to visit us this winter. They are using Netjets who has advised them that malaria immunization (the course of pills) is required for travel into this area. I said that is ridiculous. I checked the CDC and nothing is listed. We have been travelling down there for 20 years and have never heard of any malaria cases in this mountain desert town.....
I suggested my friends try another service if netjets is insistant......
Maybe something's going on in SMA, where the countryside is dry brush, but I'd save the pills for India, parts of Asia, Africa ... maybe the jungles of Mexico.
Oct 31, 2006 | 9:00 am
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
There's no immunization. It's preventative pills and they need to be started 2 weeks before you go IIRC. I have no idea if the area in question is malaria territory, though.
I agree with this... I certainly follow this when I travel in/and out of such areas
but I dont know if the area in question has the malaria issue.
Oct 31, 2006 | 9:03 am
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I also rely on the CDC website for such information. There are a variety of malaria phrophylactics and different ones are recommended depending on what type of malaria is present in the area. Some frequently have very uncomfortable side effects and some have no side effects. I'm not familiar with what needs to be started two weeks in advance, but several require a start ranging from 1 week to 1 day in advance of being in the area. In any event, I'd trust the CDC and/or a travel doc over NetJets on this matter.
Here's the CDC page on Mexico:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/regionalmalaria/camerica.htm
Mexico: Risk in rural areas, including resorts in rural areas, of the following states: Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacn, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, and Tabasco. In addition, risk exists in Jalisco State (in its mountainous northern area only). Risk also exists in an area between 24 north and 28 north latitude and 106 west and 110 west longitude which lies in parts of the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango. No malaria risk along the United States-Mexico border. No malaria risk in the major resorts (that is, resorts located in urban areas) along the Pacific and Gulf coasts, although tourists should use insect repellent and other anti-mosquito measures.
Here's the CDC page on Mexico:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/regionalmalaria/camerica.htm
Mexico: Risk in rural areas, including resorts in rural areas, of the following states: Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacn, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, and Tabasco. In addition, risk exists in Jalisco State (in its mountainous northern area only). Risk also exists in an area between 24 north and 28 north latitude and 106 west and 110 west longitude which lies in parts of the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango. No malaria risk along the United States-Mexico border. No malaria risk in the major resorts (that is, resorts located in urban areas) along the Pacific and Gulf coasts, although tourists should use insect repellent and other anti-mosquito measures.
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Oct 31, 2006 | 9:15 am
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Originally Posted by letiole
I also rely on the CDC website for such information. There are a variety of malaria phrophylactics and different ones are recommended depending on what type of malaria is present in the area. Some frequently have very uncomfortable side effects and some have no side effects. I'm not familiar with what needs to be started two weeks in advance, but several require a start ranging from 1 week to 1 day in advance of being in the area. In any event, I'd trust the CDC and/or a travel doc over NetJets on this matter.
Here's the CDC page on Mexico:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/regionalmalaria/camerica.htm
Mexico: Risk in rural areas, including resorts in rural areas, of the following states: Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacn, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, and Tabasco. In addition, risk exists in Jalisco State (in its mountainous northern area only). Risk also exists in an area between 24 north and 28 north latitude and 106 west and 110 west longitude which lies in parts of the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango. No malaria risk along the United States-Mexico border. No malaria risk in the major resorts (that is, resorts located in urban areas) along the Pacific and Gulf coasts, although tourists should use insect repellent and other anti-mosquito measures.
Here's the CDC page on Mexico:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/regionalmalaria/camerica.htm
Mexico: Risk in rural areas, including resorts in rural areas, of the following states: Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacn, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, and Tabasco. In addition, risk exists in Jalisco State (in its mountainous northern area only). Risk also exists in an area between 24 north and 28 north latitude and 106 west and 110 west longitude which lies in parts of the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango. No malaria risk along the United States-Mexico border. No malaria risk in the major resorts (that is, resorts located in urban areas) along the Pacific and Gulf coasts, although tourists should use insect repellent and other anti-mosquito measures.