| Search set | CIDG SRa | CENTRAL | MEDLINEb | EMBASEb | LILACSb |
| 1 | atovaquone | atovaquone | malaria | malaria | malaria |
| 2 | proguanil | proguanil | Exp MALARIA | Exp MALARIA | proguanil |
| 3 | Malarone | Malarone | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | atovaquone |
| 4 | malaria | malaria | atovaquone | atovaquone | Malarone |
| 5 | — | — | proguanil | proguanil | — |
| 6 | — | — | atovaquone‐proguanil | atovaquone‐proguanil | — |
| 7 | — | — | chloriguane | chloriguane | — |
| 8 | — | — | Chlorguanid* | cycloguanil | — |
| 9 | — | — | cycloguanil | 7 or 8 | — |
| 10 | — | — | 7 or 8 or 9 | 5 or 9 | — |
| 11 | — | — | 5 or 10 | 4 and 10 | — |
| 12 | — | — | 4 and 10 | 6 or 11 | — |
| 13 | — | — | 6 or 12 | Malarone | — |
| 14 | — | — | Malarone | 12 or 13 | — |
| 15 | — | — | 13 or 14 | 3 and 14 | — |
| 16 | — | — | 3 and 15 | — | — |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | — |