Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya.

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 we...

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Autores principales: Malakooti, M A, Biomndo, K, Shanks, G D
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9866748
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description 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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spelling pubmed-26402602009-05-20 Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya. Malakooti, M A Biomndo, K Shanks, G D Emerg Infect Dis Research Article 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC2640260/ /pubmed/9866748 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_full Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya.
title_fullStr Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya.
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