>From:    Diane Karnbach <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Malaria
>
>My husband took Malaria prophylaxis prior to a deployment to South America
>(clip)                 If the medication is OK to take while
>nursing or pregnant and for toddlers to take (as Katherine Dettwyler
>suggested), does anyone know why you would not be able to donate blood?

Probably because with the malaria suppressants, you could be carrying the bugs
and not know it.  (Just my guess)

Jonathan