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4 %Quinine was prescribed for 4% of the 1,200 patients who needed treatment with AL according to guidelines.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2008Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-7-181

98.4 %Anopheles funestus was predominant in peri-urban areas, accounting for 98.4% of Anopheles mosquitoes collected there in Kisumu city, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 26 observations

62 %62% of the samples harboured the triple mutant haplotype CVIET in the Pfcrt gene in Busia County, Western Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 6 observations

73 %73% of health workers who had ever referred a child with severe malaria were aware that artesunate was the recommended treatment.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2017–2021published 2022Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

0.77 odds_ratioThe presence of antibodies to GLURP-R0 was associated with decreased odds of developing clinical malaria (odds ratio 0.77, 95% CI 0.43–1.02).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 6 observations

With high malaria transmission, the majority of severe cases occur in infants under one year of age.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2002Advances in parasitologyeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

42 %At Rota Dispensary, the positivity rate by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was 42%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 17 observations

4.85 odds_ratioAfter adjustment for potential confounding factors, opsonic phagocytosis levels were associated with an increased risk of clinical malaria in individuals ≥15 years old (adjusted odds ratio: 4.85 [CI: 1.02–23.00]).

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

10 %Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence by qPCR fell to 10% among 90 adults on day 16.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Comparing drug regimens for clearance of malaria parasites in asymptomatic adults using PCeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

-0.14 Z-scoreCompared to women without malaria or STIs/RTIs (n = 399), malaria-only (n = 267), STIs/RTIs only (n = 410) or both (n = 353) were associated with reduced fetal growth, with an adjusted mean difference in fetal/birth weight Z-score of -0.14 for STIs/RTIs.

Kenyapaludisme · STIs/RTIspublished 2023International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 5 observations

0.034 new_infections_per_infant_per_monthThe force of infection for Plasmodium falciparum was estimated as 0.034 new infections per infant per month in one community.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1997Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 11 observations

Confidence in the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine increased among health-care providers, health managers, and national policymakers owing to reductions in malaria frequency and severity.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 3 observations

19,000,000 inhabitants19 million people in highland epidemic-prone and seasonal transmission areas of Kenya are at risk for malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 16 observations

95 childrenOf the 95 children studied, 45 had uncomplicated malaria and 50 had severe malaria.

Kenyapaludismeobserved June to September 2024published 2025Health and quality of life outcomeseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

90 %From 2006, over 90% of all surveyed clusters reported no malaria infections.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2006published 2011PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0016948

Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi were the first countries to introduce the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine into their childhood immunization programmes in 2019 as part of a pilot programme called the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP).

Ghana · Kenya · Malawipaludismeobserved 2019published 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 2 observations

38 %The prevalence of the pfcrt K76 wild-type allele in Plasmodium falciparum increased from 38% in 1995 to 81.7% in 2013 in coastal Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1995published 2014International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistanceeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

7,218 childrenThe estimated sample size for parasite prevalence in the 2015 Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) was 7218 children aged 0–4 years.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2015published 2017Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

Concomitant bacterial infections occur more frequently in children with severe malaria and are associated with mortality in children.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004Journal of postgraduate medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

0.4 RRCompared to unscreened houses, significantly fewer female Anopheles funestus were collected in screened houses, with a relative risk of 0.40 (95% CI 0.29–0.55).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

0.33 incidence_rate_ratioAlpha+-thalassaemia is associated with a reduced incidence of severe malaria, with an incidence rate ratio of 0.33 (95% CI: 0.15–0.73; p = 0.006) for heterozygotes and homozygotes combined compared to normal children.

Kenyaalpha+-thalassaemia · paludismepublished 2006PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

64 %Sixty-four percent of HIV-1-negative volunteers were positive for Plasmodium 18S, corresponding to 998 out of 1,569 individuals.

Kenyapaludisme · VIH/sidapublished 2021The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 7 observations

9 %Of 16,903 children surveyed, 9% were febrile without Plasmodium falciparum infection.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2007–2009published 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-99

8.1 %Peripheral malaria prevalence was 8.1% as determined by the First Response™ Malaria Ag PAN/Pf rapid diagnostic test among 223 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

39.5 %Antibiotic consumption among those testing positive for malaria declined from 39.5% to 26.5%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022International journal of public healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations