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Pyrimethamine can prevent malaria by killing the parasites that cause malaria. Malaria-causing parasites are transmitted through mosquito bites. Pyrimethamine can keep these parasites from infecting the body. Pyrimethamine may be used with another medication, sulfadoxine, for malaria prevention, as well as treatment.
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