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Maleria Endemic Countries

If you have traveled to an area where you may have been
exposed to maleria, you must wait one year before donating.

If you have emigrated from a country where malerial infection
may have ocurred, you must wait three years to donate.

Azerbaijan Angola
(All areas are at risk.)
Argentina
(Rural areas near Bolivian border, [i.e., Salta and Jujuy Provinces] and along border with Paraguay [i.e., Misiones and Corrientes Provinces].)
Bangladesh Benin Bhutan
Botswana Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Burma
Burundi Cambodia Cameroon
Cape Verde Colombia Comoros
Congo Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Egypt Guyana Eritrea
Equatorial Guinea Gabon Gambia
Ghana Haiti Honduras
Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq
Korea, Republic of (South) Lao People’s Democratic Republic Liberia
Madagascar Malawi Malaysia
Mali Mauritius Mayotte
(French territorial collectivity)
Mexico
(areas include: Ixtapa Huatulco Zihuatanejo)
Morocco Mozambique
Namibia Nepal Nicaragua
Niger Nigeria Oman
Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay
Peru Philippines Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa
Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname
Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan
Tanzania, (United Republic of) Thailand Togo
Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates
Venezuela Vietnam Yemen
Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe

For more detailed information regarding malarial risk and international travel,
please utilize the following links to the CDC:

CDC - Yellow Book

CDC - Travelers' Health - Yellow Book Online


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