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Dry blood spots were collected in 2018 and 2019 from febrile outpatients with malaria at health facilities in malaria-endemic areas of Homa Bay, Kisumu (Chulaimbo), and Kisii.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018 and 2019published 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

6.9 AORBelief in use of appropriate malaria drugs was associated with higher odds of timely malaria treatment (adjusted odds ratio = 6.9).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

1,209 casesThe data showed 1209 positive malaria incident cases amongst children in Ukunda.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2014–2022published 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

15.4 %Chulaimbo had the highest frequency of mutated Pfs25 sites at 15.4%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

38.5 %In Siaya County, using microscopy diagnosis, the malaria positivity rate was 38.5% in pregnant women seeking healthcare services at rural health facilities.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 15 observations

2,596,000,000 peopleIn 2005, 2.596 billion people were at possible risk of transmission of Plasmodium vivax.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2005published 2006Trends in parasitologyeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

39.2 %In the per-protocol analysis, RTS,S/AS01E vaccine efficacy against first or only clinical malaria episode was 39.2% at 12 months follow-up.

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

1 %Indoor sporozoite rates for Anopheles arabiensis were 1% in Kisumu city, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 26 observations

652,673 childrenBy April 30, 2021, 652,673 children had received at least one dose of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine.

Kenyapaludismeobserved April 30, 2021published 2024Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 15 observations

1,107.51 USD_per_DALY_averterIn probabilistic analysis (10,000 iterations), the median incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was $1107.51 per disability-adjusted life-year averted.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

Children who slept under permethrin-treated bed nets had significantly fewer episodes of clinical malaria than control children.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1985published 1987Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

60 %In anophelines, bovine blood was 60.0% in houses.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 6 observations

1,344 cases_averted_per_1000_childrenIn a phase 2b trial in Ghana and Kenya, vaccine impact of the RTS,S malaria vaccine, measured as cumulative number of clinical malaria cases averted per 1000 children vaccinated at month 32 post-dose 1, was 1344 for group R012-20.

Ghana · Kenyapaludismepublished 2024The Journal of infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 9 observations

23.7 %23.7% of the population in Afghanistan lived in areas where annual Plasmodium falciparum case incidence was at least 1 per 1000.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2014PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

2.56 odds_ratioCompared with symptomatic infections, asymptomatic infections more than double the odds of transmission to a mosquito among people with both infection types, with an Odds Ratio of 2.56.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Nature communicationsPubMeddocument of 3 observations

10.5 %In mainland Tanzania, 353 out of 3065 wards were assigned to the very low malaria risk strata, representing 10.5% of the total ward population.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2017-2019published 2022Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

2 casesTwo patients among the 336 sampled had dual Plasmodium falciparum/Plasmodium malariae infections.

Kenyapaludismeobserved January 2018 to February 2019published 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

18.1 %Submicroscopic infection prevalence was 18.1% (n = 155) in the lakeshore zone in the 2019 rainy season.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2019 rainy seasonpublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 15 observations

218 drugsTwo hundred and eighteen antimalarial drugs were in circulation in Kenya in 2002.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2002published 2005Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

1.93 odds_ratioIn a case-control study of Kenyan children, the AB ABO genotype was associated with an odds ratio of 1.93 for severe malaria compared to the OO genotype.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2023PLoS geneticsPubMeddocument of 3 observations

46 per_1000The minimum annual rate of severe malaria in children below five years was 46 per 1000 children in Kilifi, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1994Acta tropicaeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

95.9 %The overall proportion of multiple infections declined from 95.9% in 2001 to 87.7% in 2007 in Asembo.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2001published 2015Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-015-1003-x

6 %One additional clinical malaria episode per year increases the odds of a child being stunted by 6%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygienePubMed

0.63 %The overall proportion of secondary vectors with Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite was 0.63%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

5.7 odds_ratioMosquitoes harboring the R allele of the 4.3 kb marker had higher Plasmodium infection rates than the S allele (OR 5.7, P = 0.049).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026Infectious diseases of povertyPubMeddocument of 4 observations