Malaria

topic posted Wed, March 15, 2006 - 4:14 PM by  Mariah
I was on the CDC website and they reccomended Malaria pills for travellers to Turkey. Are these really that nessisary?
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Mariah
Colorado
  • Re: Malaria

    Wed, March 15, 2006 - 4:21 PM
    From what I've heard from the consulate, only in the South-East of the country (Antakya and surroundings). Very few malaria reports, compared to many other countries.
    • Re: Malaria

      Thu, March 16, 2006 - 4:36 AM
      i have never had a problem living here and traveling around nor have i heard of anybody else with those issues.
      i wouldn't worry about it. anyhow, there are pharmacies everywhere in turkey (eczanes) you could get malaria pills at if you really needed to.
      • JM
        JM
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        Re: Malaria

        Sat, March 18, 2006 - 4:43 AM
        ... now if we could only get proper tonic water to go with this gin...
        • Re: Malaria

          Sun, March 19, 2006 - 8:26 AM
          I just spent four days in olympos - very woody and pretty wet with the current rains - not one mosquito. i have yet to see a single mosquito in the 10 days here (antalya/olympos/pamukkala/selcuk) - though i've seen quite a few ticks on dogs down in the olympos area. I wouldn't worry about malaria right now
          • Re: Malaria

            Mon, March 27, 2006 - 6:54 PM
            I guess all the mosquitos live in Adana, or every Adanali mosquito decided to greet and take a bite out of me when I was there last.

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