Importation of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum by Guatemalan peacekeepers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 2 Reported risk factors associated with malaria among the contingent of Guatemalan peacekeepers, 2010

Characteristics	Imported cases,		Non-cases,
	N =11^a		N=138
	n	(%)	n	%
Use of bed nets
Used a bed net during stay in the DRC	11	(100)	136	(94)
Used a bed net every night for the last two weeks in DRC	10	(91)	131	(90)
Used an insecticide-treated bed net	0	(0)	0	(0)
Use of mosquito repellent
Used mosquito repellent during stay in the DRC	10	(91)	132	(91)
Used at least once a day	8	(73)	114	(83)
Adherence to malaria chemoprophylaxis
Adhered to MQ prophylaxis while in the DRC^b	8	(73)	64	(44)
Adhered to MQ prophylaxis overall^c	0	(0)	0	(0)

^aData unavailable for patient 1.
^bMQ = mefloquine. Adherence to chemoprophylaxis in DRC defined as one dose of MQ every week for at least eight months while in the DRC.
^cOverall adherence defined as: one dose of MQ every week beginning two weeks before arrival in the DRC and ending four weeks after return to Guatemala.

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