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. 2017 May 26;66(12):1–24. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6612a1

TABLE 9. Sources for malaria prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.

Type of information Source Availability Telephone number, Internet address, or electronic mail address
Prophylaxis
CDC’s Traveler’s Health Internet site (includes online access to Health Information for International Travel)
24 hours/day
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel
Health Information for International Travel (The Yellow Book)
Online or order from Oxford University Press, Inc., Order Fulfillment, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016-4314
800-451-7556 or https://global.oup.com/academic/?cc=us&lang=en&
CDC’s Malaria Branch Internet site with Malaria information and prophylaxis, by country (Red Pages)
24 hours/day
https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/travelers/country_table/a.html
CDC Malaria Map application
24 hours/day
https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/map/
Diagnosis
CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria diagnostic Internet site (DPDx)
24 hours/day
https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/
CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria diagnostic CD-ROM (DPDx)
Order by electronic mail from CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria
dpdx@cdc.gov
Treatment CDC’s Malaria Branch
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday–Friday
770-488-7788 or toll-free 855-856-4713*
CDC’s Malaria Branch 5:00 p.m.–9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on weekdays and all day weekends and holidays 770-488-7100* (This number is for CDC’s Emergency Operations Center. Ask for the person on call for the Malaria Branch.) https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/diagnosis_treatment/treatment.html

* These numbers are intended for health care professionals only.