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Children carrying the IFNL4-rs368234815-dG allele had an increased number of clinical malaria episodes.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 3 observations

3 casesThree cases of severe malaria were recorded as serious adverse events in the quinine plus clindamycin group.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

5 %In December 2001, only 5% of recently pregnant women interviewed in Kenya had received two or more doses of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine as a presumptive treatment for malaria.

Kenyapaludismeobserved December 2001published 2004Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01193.x

15 %The cumulative risk of any malaria infection during pregnancy or delivery was 15% in the co-trimoxazole plus placebo group.

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

1.17 mortality_rate_ratioIncrease in crop cover was associated with increased malaria mortality (mortality rate ratio = 1.17, 95% Bayesian credible interval: 1.11–1.24).

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

40 per_1000In 2007, Garissa County experienced a malaria epidemic with monthly incidence rates peaking at 40 per 1,000 population.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2007published 2014PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

76 %In the high-risk malaria strata, all interventions together were predicted to reach a maximum reduction of 76%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-022-04099-5

In adults, renal failure and pulmonary oedema are more common causes of death from severe malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004Journal of postgraduate medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

1,400,000 childrenEstimates of Plasmodium falciparum infection risk were not available for 1.4 million Kenyan children.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1998Annals of tropical medicine and parasitologyeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

11 %Malaria was a common diagnosis, representing 11% of all paediatric diagnoses made in Nairobi during the 2009–2010 facility audit.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2009–2010published 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

0.67 odds_ratioThe adjusted odds ratio for P. falciparum infection comparing Olyset® to DawaPlus® 2.0 users was 0.67.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 6 observations

0.7 %Among An. gambiae s.l. samples subjected to molecular identification, Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto constituted 0.7% (n = 4/580).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 9 observations

8.6 %Severe anaemia was present in 8.6% of malaria-infected children with HbAA genotype.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 13 observations

2,900,000 childrenRisks of infection with Plasmodium falciparum among Kenyan children were estimated as low for 2.9 million, stable but low for 1.3 million, moderate for 3.0 million, and high for 0.8 million.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1998Annals of tropical medicine and parasitologyeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

3.5 %The mortality rate among children admitted with a primary diagnosis of malaria was 3.5 percent.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1995The New England journal of medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

16.7 %In 1994, 16.7% of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Kilifi county, Kenya carried the quintuple mutation form of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1994published 2022Spatio-temporal distribution of antimalarial drug resistant gene mutations in a Plasmodiumeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

1.48 odds_ratioPatients who participated in nocturnal outdoor activities and used long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) while indoors had a slightly higher risk of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infection than those who did not use LLINs (OR = 1.48).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

81 %There was an overall high level of willingness to accept (81%) and participate in the implementation of the Microsporidia MB-based transmission-blocking strategy.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

9.4 %Parasite prevalence by qPCR was 9.4% in Homa Bay during the dry season.

Kenyapaludismeobserved dry seasonpublished 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 10 observations

888 facilitiesIn 2015, 888 (70%) public health facilities in Western Kenya were allocated 591,880 long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs).

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2015published 2017Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

25.7 %Presumptive diagnosis had a sensitivity of 25.7% (95% CI = 13.1–43.6) and specificity of 75.0% (95% CI = 50.6–90.4) for malaria diagnosis in rural western Kenya from November 2019 through March 2020.

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

90 %Areas where transmission occurs only near water were predicted with an accuracy of 90 percent.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2002Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensingeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

81.5 %Fewer of the blood-fed mosquitoes had fed on man in houses without bednets (81.5%) than in those with (68.2%).

Kenyapaludismepublished 1989Medical and veterinary entomologyeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

33.6 %Of the 3,189 household members analyzed in central Turkana from 2018 to 2019, 33.6% had positive malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) results and/or PCR test results.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018 to 2019published 2021The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 2 observations

4,473 sites4,473 sites (37% of 12,204) reporting dominant vector species were sampled since 2005.

Kenyapaludismeobserved since 2005published 2017Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations