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8,100,000 peopleIn 2010, an estimated 8.1 million people were not protected with treated nets in biologically defined priority areas in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2010published 2010The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0331

35.8 %35.8% of blood smear negative cases were positive by RT-PCR, i.e., submicroscopic infection.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

33.4 %A recent cluster-randomized control trial in western Kenya found that spatial repellents reduced first-time malaria infections by 33.4% in a highly-endemic setting with substantial insecticide resistance and high coverage of insecticide treated nets.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026Epidemiology and infectionPubMeddocument of 4 observations

2.5 %The study estimates that 2.5% of WHO pneumonia cases were misclassified as pneumonia due to malaria in the PERCH study.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

50.3 %At 72 hours after starting treatment, 50.3% of children in the quinine plus clindamycin group were still parasitaemic.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

80 %The First Response™ Malaria Ag PAN/Pf rapid diagnostic test demonstrated a specificity of 80% compared to peripheral blood quantitative polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing malaria in pregnancy.

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

0.31 odds_ratioCarriage of HbSS was associated with reduced haemoglobin in children with P. falciparum malaria in Kisumu County, Western Kenya.

Kenyadrépanocytose · paludismepublished 2020BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 8 observations

57 %At Siaya County Referral Hospital, the positivity rate by malachite green loop-mediated isothermal amplification (MG-LAMP) was 57%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 17 observations

77.4 %77.4% of placentas from control women had evidence of past or active malaria infection.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1998Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

35 %Community malaria prevalence declined from 35% in the 1990s to 2% in the period up to 2024.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1990spublished 2026Decline to near-zero malaria hospitalisation over 35 years on the Kenyan Coasteurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

52 %The median Plasmodium falciparum PCR-positive prevalence (PCRpfPR) among children aged 7 months to 10 years was 52% in the control arm after 5 months.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 10 observations

41 casesParasitological analysis of the 838 patients screened resulted in 41 positives.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

21.1 %In Kenya, malaria prevalence among pregnant women at first antenatal care visit was 21.1% (323 of 1528).

Kenyapaludismeobserved between May, 2010, and August, 2014PubMeddocument of 8 observations

20.8 %Haplotype 3 had a frequency of 20.8% among six identified Pfs47 haplotypes.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 10 observations

63 %Village-wide use of permethrin-impregnated bed nets reduced clinical attacks of malaria by 63% in the Gambia compared with placebo-treated nets.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1989Bulletin of the World Health Organizationeurope_pmc

0.56 odds_ratioThe presence of antibodies to GLURP-R2 was associated with decreased odds of developing clinical malaria (odds ratio 0.56, 95% CI 0.36–0.87).

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

2.7 %Among cases identified via microscopy tests, 2.7% involved Plasmodium vivax.

Kenyapaludismeobserved December 2023 to February 2024published 2025The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 12 observations

5,522 casesBetween 2000 and 2014 there were 5522 locally acquired cases of malaria in Jazan Province.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2000–2014published 2015Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-015-0858-1

58 %P. falciparum PCR-positive prevalence was 58% for DawaPlus® 2.0 users among 254 children analysed.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 6 observations

22.5 %The primary endpoint of blood-stage P. falciparum parasitaemia of ≥500/μl was reached in 25/111 (22.5%) non-Dantu subjects.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Controlled Human Malaria Infection reveals that the Dantu blood group variant provides higeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1101/2022.09.21.22280031

45 %The median Plasmodium falciparum PCR-positive prevalence (PCRpfPR) among children aged 7 months to 10 years was 45% in the control arm after 12 months.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 10 observations

0.3 per_10000The average annual incidence of locally acquired malaria in Jazan Province was 0.3 cases per 10,000 population between 2010 and 2014.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2010–2014published 2015Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-015-0858-1

13 %Heritability of parasite density was 13% in a community in eastern Uganda.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2010The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0049

61 %A free re-treatment service using sentinel dipping stations achieved between 61% and 67% coverage of insecticide-treated bed nets used by children for three years.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1999Health policy and planningeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1093/heapol/14.1.18

In Africa, a vast majority of falciparum malaria deaths occur in children under five years of age.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004Journal of postgraduate medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations