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. 1998 Oct-Dec;4(4):671-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid0404.980422.

Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya

M A Malakooti  1 , K Biomndo, G D Shanks
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Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya

M A Malakooti et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Hospital records (1990-1997) of a tea company in the Kericho district, western Kenya, showed malaria epidemics almost annually from May to July, with an annual attack rate of 50%, 857 hospitalizations per 100,000 per year, and 42 deaths per 100,000 per year; 32% of deaths in hospitalized patients were caused by malaria. A questionnaire survey (June 1997) of 244 patients hospitalized for malaria showed that only 8% had traveled to an area with known malaria transmission 30 days before diagnosis. The increasing malaria incidence may be due to drug resistance.

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