Malaria continues to be endemic in certain parts of the world and divers need to be properly advised as to the preventive and therapeutic measures that need to be considered when planning a trip into the malaria endangered zone. In this weel's New England Journal of Medicine there is a vignette about a family planning a trip to Africa that is most informative and answers many questions that are often posed.

See http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/6/603?query=TOC .