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Children who developed a clinical attack of malaria accompanied by a high level of parasitaemia had a significantly higher mean serum ferritin level (P less than 0.01).

Kenyapaludismepublished 1991Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmc

4 timesThe Phe57Leu-Ser58Arg mutant DHFR protein showed a 4-times increase in pyrimethamine half-maximal inhibitory concentration compared with the wild-type counterpart.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024The Lancet. MicrobePubMeddocument of 6 observations

75 %Vaccination coverage for the third dose of the RTS,S malaria vaccine reached around 75% by 2023 in the initial pilot areas in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2023published 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

Crude estimates of the national prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection based on endemicity maps corroborate these assertions.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1016/s1473-3099(04)01043-6

6 %The frequency of Pfdhfr double mutant allele CICNI declined from 29% in 2005 to 6% in 2017/18.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2017/18published 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

26.31 %The triple mutant HGEAA haplotype in Pfdhps had a prevalence of 26.31% in Kisumu and 44.68% in Kisii.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

82 casesIn the per-protocol analysis, 82 of 415 children in the RTS,S/AS01E group had a first or only clinical malaria episode by 12 months.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2011The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1016/s1473-3099(10)70262-0

1 infective_bite_per_yearThe average number of infective bites received by children was still greater than one a year in hamlets where bednets were used.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1989Medical and veterinary entomologyeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

24 %Health facility blood smear results led to undertreatment of 24% of patients and overtreatment of 8% of patients compared to slide 2 (gold standard).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

49 %An intervention that halves the risk of malaria episodes would reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency in African children by 49%.

Kenyairon deficiency · paludismepublished 2021Nature medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

8 countriesAnopheles stephensi has been identified in eight African countries as of 2025: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somaliland, Eritrea, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Niger.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2025published 2026Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 3 observations

76 %Of 16,903 children surveyed, 76% were uninfected with Plasmodium falciparum and not febrile.

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

34.1 %Using PCR technique, the malaria positivity rate was 34.1% in children below five years seeking healthcare services at rural health facilities in Kwale and Siaya counties in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 15 observations

2.12 /mg proteinUrban Anopheles arabiensis exhibited elevated levels of non-specific esterases at 2.12/mg protein.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2022-2023published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 25 observations

36.4 %Six months of spatial repellent use starting in October caused a 36.4% reduction in malaria infections in western Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026Epidemiology and infectionPubMeddocument of 4 observations

77.3 per_100_person-yearsThe incidence of any malaria infection during pregnancy or delivery was 77.3 per 100 person-years in the co-trimoxazole plus placebo group.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Lancet (London, England)PubMeddocument of 11 observations

0.89 mortality_rate_ratioIncrease in distance to the nearest streams was associated with lower malaria mortality (mortality rate ratio = 0.89, 95% Bayesian credible interval: 0.83–0.96).

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2008–2019published 2024BMJ global healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

9 %Peripheral malaria prevalence was 9.0% as determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction 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

98.7 %Seventy-five patients (98.7%) cleared the parasitaemia within a period of 48 hours.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2015published 2021Epidemiology and infectionPubMeddocument of 5 observations

0.9 %Genotyping detected S522C mutation at a frequency of 0.9% in the Kelch 13 (Pfk13) gene.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 12 observations

600,000 deaths/yearMalaria continues to cause over 600,000 deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

54 %A total of 54.0% (88/163) of individuals tested positive for Plasmodium at least once between days 7–42.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2023International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 8 observations

1,000,000 deaths_per_yearMalaria causes between 1 million and 3 million deaths each year.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2006Conquering Malariaeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

85.8 %The irrigated ecosystem produced 85.8% of emerged adult female mosquitoes.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2023Journal of medical entomologyPubMeddocument of 3 observations

In the adjusted model, parasite density and TNF, but not P. falciparum infection status, independently predicted lower cognitive composite scores.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases SocietyPubMeddocument of 4 observations