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1 casesAmong pediatric deaths investigated from 2014 to 2015, rotavirus was associated with 1 of 10 deaths associated with a nonpneumonia infectious process.

Kenyarotavirusobserved 2014 to 2015published 2021The Pediatric infectious disease journalPubMeddocument of 12 observations

55 %Of the 658 HIV-1 polymerase sequences analyzed, 360 (55%) were from heterosexuals (HET).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2005-2019published 2020Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 9 observations

7 %Among 241 adults newly diagnosed with Kaposi sarcoma in Kenya and Uganda from 2016 to 2019, pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma was present in 7% of patients as an ACTG T1 qualifier.

Kenyasarcome de Kaposiobserved 2016 to 2019published 2021Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 12 observations

0.47 hazard_ratioHIV superinfection incidence was significantly lower than initial infection incidence, with a hazard ratio of 0.47 (95% CI 0.29–0.75, p = 0.0019).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2013PLoS pathogenseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003593

37 %The combined outcome of care disengagement or treatment failure occurred in 37% of pregnant and postpartum women with HIV with known diagnosis in the validation dataset.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 13 observations

89 %Among PrEP-eligible clients, 89% (203/227) completed HIV testing.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved October 2022 to December 2023published 2025Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 19 observations

45 %Missed opportunities in screening for PrEP eligibility were 45% for men who have sex with men (MSM).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved February 2017 to December 2019published 2020Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 13 observations

49.5 monthsThe mean age of all-cause malaria hospitalisation was 49.5 months (95% CI 45.1, 55.4) under low transmission compared with 34.1 months (95% CI 30.4, 38.3) at high transmission.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022BMC medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

0.57 odds_ratioAfter adjustment for potential confounding factors, opsonic phagocytosis levels were not associated with risk of clinical malaria in children <5 years old (adjusted odds ratio: 0.57 [CI: 0.20–1.64]).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 6 observations

0 %The wild-type pfdhfr S108 allele was completely absent in Plasmodium falciparum samples from coastal Kenya in 2013.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2013published 2014International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistanceeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

2.81 aORPositive attitudes towards vaccination were associated with COVID-19 vaccination (adjusted odds ratio 2.81; 95% confidence interval 1.12–7.04; p = 0.027).

KenyaCOVID-19observed 2022published 2024International journal of environmental research and public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.3390/ijerph21010098

7.2 %Placental malaria prevalence was 7.2% as determined by microscopy among 236 women delivering at Sio Port and Port Victoria Sub-County Hospitals, Busia County, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved April 2023-March 2024published 2026BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 14 observations

5.7 %Scedosporium spp. were isolated from 5 out of 88 fungal-positive sputum samples (5.7%) among PTB patients in Kenya.

Kenyatuberculosepublished 2022BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 14 observations

500,000 testsRheumatoid factor rapid diagnostic tests showed the lowest annual test volumes of 0.5 to 0.7 million in Kenya from 2018 to 2020.

Kenyarheumatoid factorobserved 2018-2020published 2024BMJ openPubMeddocument of 6 observations

20 %Among the study participants, 14 out of 70 malaria-positive pregnant women (20.0%) knew about different doses of intermittent preventive treatment.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

4.7 hazard_ratiohrHPV type-specific persistence at 12-month follow-up was significantly associated with CIN2+ recurrence from 12 months to 24 months (adjusted hazard ratio, 4.70; 95% CI, 2.47–8.95; P < .001).

KenyahrHPV · lésions précancéreuses du col (CIN)observed 12 months to 24 monthspublished 2021JAMA oncologyPubMeddocument of 16 observations

34.3 %Among 460 pre-school children in Kilifi on the Kenyan coast, 34.3% had malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1999Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

546 individualsIn the Red Carpet Program in Kenya from 2016–2019, 546 adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) had their HIV status disclosed to school staff and received supportive care within schools.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2016-2019published 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 5 observations

3.8 %Among cases with CIN1, HPV81 was detected in 12 out of 317 participants (3.8%).

KenyaCIN1published 2022African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 9 observations

13 %The combined outcome of care disengagement or treatment failure occurred in 13% of pregnant and postpartum women with HIV with new diagnosis in the validation dataset.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 13 observations

96.4 %Among children and adolescents living with HIV in central Kenya, 96.4% did not have tuberculosis symptoms.

Kenyatuberculose · VIH/sidapublished 2022AIDS research and human retrovirusesPubMeddocument of 18 observations

62.7 %Higher increases in IgE measurements were seen with sera from individuals with chronic filarial disease (62.7%).

Kenyafilariasispublished 2001Acta tropicaeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

4.46 ORDetection of aflatoxin was associated with a higher risk of persistent detection of HR-HPV types not included in the 9-valent HPV vaccine (OR = 4.46, 95% CI = 1.13–17.58, P = 0.032) in Kenyan women.

Kenyainfection à HPVpublished 2023BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

48 %Medical comorbidities were present in 48% of patients with necrotizing fasciitis at Tenwek Hospital in 2017.

Kenyanecrotizing fasciitisobserved 2017published 2020World journal of surgeryPubMeddocument of 8 observations

2.77 ORHypoglycaemia was associated with uraemia with an odds ratio of 2.77.

Kenyauraemiapublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations