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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Clin North Am. 2019 Jun;66(3):549–560. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2019.02.004

Table 1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for overseas presumptive parasite treatment in US-bound refugees

Region	Coartem (Malaria)	Praziquantel (Schistosomiasis)	Albendazole (Soil-Transmitted Helminths)	Ivermectin (Strongyloides)
Africa, non-Loa Loa areas	✓	✓	✓	Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania
Africa, Loa Loa areas	✓	✓	✓	Not recommended
Asia	Not recommended	Not recommended	✓	Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand
Middle East	Not recommended	Not recommended	✓	Jordan, Iraq, Egypt
Latin America	Not recommended	Not recommended	✓	Future consideration

Courtesy of DGMQ/CDC.