| Falciparum | Ovale | Vivax | Malarie | |
| Age of RBCs infected | All | Young | Young | Old |
| Size of cell | NL | Big | Big | NL |
| % of Parasitemia | >5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
| Liver stage | no | yes | yes |
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Common prophylaxis drugs (eg, chloroquine, mefloquine and doxycycline) target blood stage of parasite (blood schizonticides).
Malaria with liver stage (Ovale, Vivax) should treated with tissue schizoticides (eg, atovaquone/proguanil).
If one person travel to chloroquine-resistant P falciparum (Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern & Southeast Asia), Â prophylaxis with Atorvaquone-proguanil, Doxycycline, or Mefloquine (DOC for pregnancy)
If one person travel to chloroquine-susceptible P falciparum, prophylaxis with chloroquine, hydroxychloroquineÂ
If one person travel to area without P falcipraum area, prophylaxis with primaquine (screen G6-PD)
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