Reemergence of Epidemic Malaria in the Highlands of Western Kenya
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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 were caused by malaria. A questionnaire survey (June 1997) of 244 patients hospitalized for malaria...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980422