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Table 1 Details of Australian infantry deployments to Timor Leste*

From: A retrospective analysis of the protective efficacy of tafenoquine and mefloquine as prophylactic anti-malarials in non-immune individuals during deployment to a malaria-endemic area

Battalion

Dates

Regions of Timor Leste

Battalion strength

Months deployed

Pf attack rate (%) Monthly/Cumul ***

Pv attack rate (%) Monthly/Cumul

All malaria attack rate (%) Monthly/Cumul

Prophylaxis

2 RAR**

Sep 99 through Jan 00

Dili, Bobanaro district

681

4.33

0.31/1.32

2.04/8.81

2.34/10.13

Doxycycline 100 mg q.d

3RARǂ

Sep 99 through Jan 00

Dili, Bobanaro district and Oecussi province

634

4.33

0.29/1.26

2.11/9.15

2.59/11.2

Doxycycline 100 mg q.d

5/7RAR

Nov 99 through Apr 00

Dili, Bobanaro district

522

6.83

0.11/0.77

0.81/5.56

0.83/6.71

Doxcycline 100 mg q.d

6RAR

Apr 00 through Oct 00

Dili, Bobanaro district

619

6.16

0.03/0.16

0.24/1.45

0.26/1.62

Doxycycline 100 mg q.d

1RAR

Oct 00 through Apr 01

Dili, Bobanaro district

723

6.00

0.00/0.00

0.18/1.11

0.18/1.11

Tafenoquine 200 mg or Mefloquine 250 mg weekly

4RAR

Apr 01 through Oct 01

Dili, Bobanaro district

750

7.00

0.00/0.00

0.08/0.53

0.08/0.53

Mefloquine 250 mg weekly

2RAR

Oct 01 through May 02

Dili, Bobanaro district

681

6.83

0.00/0.00

0.11/0.73

0.11/0.73

Mefloquine 250 mg weekly

3RAR

Apr 02 through Oct 02

Dili, Bobanaro district

634

7.00

0.02/0.16

0.14/0.95

0.18/1.26

Doxycycline 100 mg q.d

5/7RAR

Oct 02 through Dec 02

Dili, Bobanaro district

536

2.57

0.00/0.00

0.28/0.71

0.28/0.71

Doxycycline 100 mg q.d

  1. *Values for dates deployed, battalion strength and period deployed are approximate.
  2. **RAR = Royal Australian Regiment.
  3. ǂBoth 3 RAR and 5/7 RAR soldiers participated in post-exposure prevention studies (Elmes, 2008).
  4. ***Monthly attack rate (%) = (Cases/total person-months) x 100; cumulative attack rate (%) = (cases/strength) x 100.