Country Comments on risk of malaria and regional or seasonal variation Codes for regimens
Philippines Low risk in rural areas below 600 m and on islands of Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro,
and Palawan
1
No risk in cities or on islands of Boracay, Bohol, Catanduanes, Cebu, or Leyte -
Rwanda High risk 4
São Tomé and Principe High risk 4
Saudi Arabia Low risk in south-western provinces along border with Yemen, including below
2000 m in Asir province
1
No risk in cities of Jeddah, Makkah (Mecca), Medina, Riyadh, or Ta’if, or above
2000 m in Asir province
-
Senegal High risk 4
Sierra Leone High risk 4
Solomon Islands High risk 4
Somalia High risk 4
South Africa Risk from September–May in low altitude areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, which
border Mozambique and Zimbabwe (including Kruger National Park)
4
Low risk in north-east KwaZulu-Natal 1
Low risk in areas bordering those above 1
South Korea Very low risk in northern areas, in Gangwon-do and Gyeonggi-do provinces, and
Incheon city (towards Demilitarized Zone)
1
South Sudan High risk 4
Sri Lanka Low risk north of Vavuniya 1
Very low risk in areas other than those above and below 1
No risk in Colombo or Kandy -
Sudan High risk in central and southern areas; risk also present in rest of country (except
Khartoum)
4
Very low risk in Khartoum 1
Suriname Risk present on the French Guiana border 4
Low risk in areas other than above and below 1
No risk in city of Paramaribo -
Swaziland Risk in northern and eastern regions bordering Mozambique and South Africa,
including all of Lubombo district and Big Bend, Mhlume, Simunye, and Tshaneni
regions
4
Very low risk in the areas other than those above 1
Syria Very low risk in small, remote foci of El Hasakah 1
Tajikistan Very low risk 1
No risk above 2000 m-
Tanzania High risk below 1800 m; risk also in Zanzibar 4
No risk above 1800 m-
Thailand Mefloquine resistance present. Low risk in rural forested borders with Cambodia,
Laos, and Myanmar
1
Very low risk in areas other than those above, including Kanchanaburi (Kwai Bridge) 1
No risk in cities of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, and
Pattaya
-
Togo High risk 4
Turkey Very low risk 1
Uganda High risk 4
Uzbekistan Very low risk in extreme south-east 1
Vanuatu Risk present 4
Venezuela Risk in all areas south of, and including, the Orinoco river and Angel Falls, rural
areas of Apure, Monagas, Sucre, and Zulia states
1
No risk in city of Caracas or on Margarita Island -
Vietnam Low risk in rural areas, and in southern provinces of Tay Ninh, Lam Dong, Dac Lac,
Gia Lai, and Kon Tum
1
No risk in large cities (including Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Hanoi), the Red River
delta, coastal areas north of Nha Trang and Phu Quoc Island
1
Western Sahara No risk 1
390 Protozoal infection BNFC 2018 – 2019
Infection
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