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100,000 deaths_per_yearAround 100,000 infant deaths each year could be due to low birth weight caused by malaria during pregnancy in areas of malaria endemicity in Africa.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004Clinical microbiology reviewseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

81.3 %Plasmodium falciparum predominated in peripheral samples, accounting for 81.3% of cases identified by microscopy.

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

768 patientsAmong patients who presented themselves at Mbale Provincial Rural Training health center for different medical issues, 768 malaria confirmed patients were recruited.

Kenyapaludismeobserved December 2019 to November 2020published 2024African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 2 observations

3.8 %Among 140 women with malaria in pregnancy at Webuye County Hospital in Western Kenya, 5 (3.8%) were HIV-positive during pregnancy.

Kenyapaludismeobserved March 2022–December 2022published 2024BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

83.3 %Using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) as the reference test, the sensitivity of routine microscopy at Siaya County Referral Hospital was 83.3% (95% CI 65.3–94.4).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 17 observations

3.5 %Overall, 3.5% of 2,868 Anopheles gambiae s.l. collected indoors contained Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1995The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

0.5 per_1000From 2003 to 2010, in children 5–14 years in western Kenya, the malaria mortality rate remained stable at 0.5 per 1,000 person-years.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2003-2010published 2014PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

48.7 monthsCerebral malaria presented among older children at a mean of 48.7 months compared with 39.0 months and 33.7 months for severe malaria anaemia and respiratory distress, respectively.

Kenyamalaria anaemia · paludisme · respiratory distresspublished 2022BMC medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

0.86 mortality_rate_ratioIncrease in altitude was associated with lower malaria mortality (mortality rate ratio = 0.86, 95% Bayesian credible interval: 0.81–0.90).

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

60 %Estimates of the probability of dying from severe malaria were high in all settings, with medians ranging from 60% to 73%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2011PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

3.7 %Overall, 211 (3.7%) children admitted with malaria died.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society europe_pmcdocument of 15 observationsDOI 10.1093/cid/ciz844

2 %Malaria prevalence was 2% in the semi-arid seasonal zone in 2020.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2020published 2026Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

96,022 examinationsA total of 96,022 malaria slide examinations were undertaken over the study period in Gezira State, Sudan.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1999-2009published 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-172

0.5 ratioChildren living more than 2.5 km from the nearest road had severe malaria admission rates that were about half of those for children living within 0.5 km of a road.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1998International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

5,486 admissionsFrom 5766 malaria admissions, 5486 (95.14%) were linked to specific census enumeration area addresses.

Kenyapaludismeobserved December 2015 to November 2016 and November 2017 to October 2018published 2020Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1038/s41598-020-58284-0

24.2 %Males had a prevalence of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections of 24.2%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

48.7 %The overall prevalence of malaria infection among Kenyan schoolchildren in areas of intense malaria transmission was 48.7%.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2014published 2015Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

52 %Reporting among facilities with diagnostic capacity was 52% for malaria.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018published 2023BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 7 observations

39.1 %From 2014 to 2018, 39.1% of children in a cohort from four communities in coastal and western Kenya were malaria positive, based on testing of 3521 children.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2014-2018published 2023BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 3 observations

159,000 platelets/µLChildren with clinical malaria had a platelet count below 159,000 platelets/µL.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

9 %Among children eligible for three vaccine doses, RTS,S introduction was associated with a 9% reduction in all-cause mortality (excluding injury).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 15 observations

17 %Malaria was present in 27 (17%) of 162 HIV-attributed infant or child deaths.

Kenyapaludisme · VIH/sidaobserved Dec 3, 2016 to Dec 31, 2024published 2026The lancet. HIVPubMeddocument of 23 observations

50 per_100Between July 1993 and June 1994, over 50% of Plasmodium falciparum out-patient cases in Humera occurred between August and October.

Kenyapaludismeobserved July 1993 to June 1994published 1997East African medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

0.76 g/dlMalaria control increased haemoglobin among children under 5 by, on average, 0.76 g/dl after a mean of 1-2 years of intervention.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

3.629 odds_ratioCarriage of HbAS was associated with increased micro-platelets in children with P. falciparum malaria in Kisumu County, Western Kenya.

Kenyadrépanocytose · paludismepublished 2020BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 8 observations