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0.5 %WHO-validated artemisinin resistance marker k13 A675V was detected at 0.5% prevalence.

Kenyapaludismeobserved September 2020–September 2022, extended to January 2024 for Mfangano Islandpublished 2026Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 11 observations

0.1 ratioChildren with SMA had lower hepcidin/ferritin ratios (0.10; interquartile range [IQR]: 0.03-0.19) than those with CM (0.24; IQR: 0.14-0.69; P=0.006) or asymptomatic malaria (0.19; IQR: 0.09-0.46; P=0.01).

Kenyamalarial anaemia · paludismepublished 2022HaematologicaPubMeddocument of 2 observations

13.5 %In the validation study, the prevalence by individual qPCR was 13.5% (95% CI 12.4–14.7%) in the main subset.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

300 million episodesThe estimated number of clinical Plasmodium falciparum malaria episodes worldwide in 2002 ranged from 300 to 660 million.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2002published 2005Natureeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observationsDOI 10.1038/nature03342

25 %On reporting confirmed malaria cases, over-reporting was noted in three (25%) facilities in both the monthly summaries and the online tool in Nandi County.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 16 observations

18 %The proportion of deaths due to malaria rose from 18% to 37% in east and southern African demographic surveillance system sites between 1982–89 and 1990–98.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1982–1989 to 1990–1998published 2003The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

The prevalence of Pfcrt mutations declined over time in Kenya between 2013 and 2022.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2013–2022published 2026Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 2 observations

76 %76% of test negative malaria patients were prescribed an anti-malarial.

Kenyapaludismeobserved April 2019published 2020Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 20 observations

33.1 %The proportions of blood-fed mosquitoes caught exiting from houses were 33.1% in hamlets without bednets.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1989Medical and veterinary entomologyeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

94.6 %Resistant Pfcrt-76T declined from 94.6% in 2007 to 18.3% in 2012 and 0.9% in 2017 in Asembo, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2007published 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

Monthly malaria cases were collected at St. Elizabeth Lwak Mission Hospital.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Journal of global healthPubMeddocument of 4 observations

602,000 deathsMalaria was responsible for 602,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2020published 2022Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 13 observations

24 %The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa was 24% in the period 2010–2015.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2010-2015published 2017Natureeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

32 %Among children eligible for three vaccine doses, RTS,S introduction was associated with a 32% reduction in hospital admission with severe malaria.

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

73.8 %Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) had a sensitivity of 73.8% (95% CI = 39.5–57.4) and specificity of 89.2% (95% CI = 78.5–95.2) for malaria diagnosis in rural western Kenya from November 2019 through March 2020.

Kenyapaludismeobserved November 2019 through March 2020published 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 15 observations

9 %Health workers prescribed artemether-lumefantrine (AL) to 9% of RDT-negative patients.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2009The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.919

76.7 %Children aged 5–15 years harbored 76.7% of infections with gametocytes at moderate-to-high densities.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 10 observations

5 %P. vivax infections were present in 5% of children aged 0–9 years in Humera, north western Ethiopia.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1997East African medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

6.7 %In 2018, 6.7% of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Kilifi county, Kenya carried the chloroquine resistance marker CVIET.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018published 2022Spatio-temporal distribution of antimalarial drug resistant gene mutations in a Plasmodiumeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

80 %Vaccination coverage for the first dose of the RTS,S malaria vaccine reached about 80% by 2023 in the initial pilot areas in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2023published 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

89 %Anopheles arabiensis dominated peri-urban sites, accounting for 89% of Anopheles mosquitoes collected there in Kisumu city, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 26 observations

0.38 %The final Bayesian geo-statistical model had a mean absolute error of 0.38% for predicted Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate in children aged 2 to <10 years (PfPR2-10).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2009BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/1471-2334-9-180

88.7 %The prevalence of Pfdhfr51I polymorphism was 88.7% among Plasmodium falciparum parasites isolated from pregnant women in coastal Kenya between 2013 and 2015.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2013 and 2015published 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

33 USDUnit recurrent costs per admission in Malindi Sub-district Hospital ranged from US $33 to US $44 for the same categories.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1998Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

4.1 %Among extrauterine infections in the study cohort from Migori, Kenya, malaria accounted for 4.1%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2023BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 18 observations