title: Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. malakooti@pol.net
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Malakooti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Biomndo
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Shanks
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons