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48.5 %At delivery, 48.5% of the enrolled Burkinabe primigravid women tested positive for malaria by PCR.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2025Postpartum cytokine shifts and IL-10–mediated immune suppression in malaria-infected primieurope_pmcDOI 10.1101/2025.05.21.655391

12 %Clinical failure with chloroquine (CQ) was 12% (53 of 455) in children aged 6–59 months with uncomplicated malaria in the province of Houet, Burkina Faso.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2002Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00952.x

2 visitsThe median visit number on which RT-PCR was still positive after treatment was 2, with a range of 1 to 5.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2012Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

4.6 %In the 6 months-4 years age group, Plasmodium falciparum prevalence assessed using microscopy was 4.6% in Korogwe, Tanzania.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2017Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

42.1 %In Sector 8, the simple malaria morbidity rate among people over 5 years of age was 42.10% in 2023.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved 2023HAL · Unilimdocument of 110 observations

409,000 deathsMalaria caused 409,000 deaths worldwide in 2019.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved 2019HAL · Unilimdocument of 110 observations

Anopheles gambiae s.s. is the most frequent malaria vector in Guinea Bissau.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved 2002published 2008Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990)europe_pmcdocument of 6 observations

27 %A phase 3 clinical trial of RTS,S/AS01 across eleven sub-Saharan African sites demonstrated a vaccine efficacy against clinical malaria of ~27% in infants aged 6–12 weeks.

Burkina FasopaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 39 observations

55 %In the rainy season, the RDT specificity for malaria-attributable fever was 55% in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved rainy seasonpublished 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 20 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-192

37 %In the rainy season, 623 out of 1,669 patients without fever (37%) had a Plasmodium falciparum infection in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved rainy seasonpublished 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 20 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-192

3 %The test threshold was 3%.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2013PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

1.38 %In Sector 6, the severe malaria morbidity rate among people over 5 years of age was 1.38% in 2023.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved 2023HAL · Unilimdocument of 110 observations

14 %Washed alpha-cypermethrin-treated nets provided 14% personal protection against Anopheles gambiae s.l. biting.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2017Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

0.543 rAt D70, there was a positive correlation between anti-major repeat IgG and anti-full-length PfCSP4/38 IgG (r = 0.5430, P = 0.0134).

Burkina FasopaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 39 observations

5.8 odds_ratioActive placental malaria was associated with childhood parasitaemia (OR 5.8; 95% CI 1.0–32.5, P = 0.042).

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2021Maternal & child nutritioneurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

8 patientsRescue therapy was required in all teenaged malaria patients (8/8) receiving SAR97276A once daily (0.5 mg/kg) for 3 days.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2017Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-017-1832-x

12.2 %The dhfr N51I mutation was present in 12.2% of 255 successfully genotyped samples from pregnant women in Nanoro, Burkina Faso.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved 2010published 2015PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

51 %In Burkina Faso, a quasi-experimental study in Kaya district showed a 51% reduction in malaria risk, a 32% decrease in moderate/severe anemia, and a 46% drop in febrile episodes.

Burkina FasopaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 147 observations

51 %La prévalence de l'infection à Plasmodium falciparum était de 51 % (1513/2950) dans le groupe LLIN seul au Burkina Faso après intervention.

Burkina FasopaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 85 observations

3.06 ratioNLR was elevated in those with high parasitaemia (3.06 vs 2.55; p=0.029).

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2026Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

56.5 %For multigravidae, a prediction model using IL-10 and sTNF-RII had a sensitivity of 56.5% and specificity of 94.3% for diagnosing malaria during pregnancy.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2017Biomarker researcheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

14 %The most common adverse event was worsening malaria in cohort 2, occurring in 23 (14%) of 164 patients.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2015The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

4 %In children who received RTS,S/AS01E vaccine in Burkina Faso and Mali, 4% showed a 10-fold increase in anti-CSP IgG antibody titres post-2020 as measured by Oxford MSD assay.

Burkina Faso · Malipaludismeobserved post-2020HAL · Unilimdocument of 105 observations

78.3 %Isolated fever had sensitivity of 78.3% and specificity of 71.3% for malaria diagnosis.

Burkina FasopaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 83 observations

33.4 %In the per-protocol group of 4577 RTS,S/AS01-vaccinated participants and 2335 control-vaccinated participants who were 5 to 17 months of age, the 1-year cumulative vaccine efficacy was 33.4% against mismatched clinical malaria.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2015The New England journal of medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1056/nejmoa1505819