Pathogens & People: Mosquitoes and 'break bone fever'

I went to India last week. Aside from the usual packing and planning for a long trip, I also had to run over to the clinic for tetanus and typhoid booster shots, azithromycin for bacterial infections, loperamide for gastrointestinal problems and atovaquone / proguanil for malaria.

India is not Bermuda.

I've never had any health problems there, but the anti-malarial meds sometimes worry me. Not because of any side effects or because they are ineffective, but because having taken them there is a tendency to think you are protected from mosquitoes. You're not; you're only protected from malaria, and mosquitoes - as...