Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands

Records from tea estates in the Kericho district in Kenya show that malaria reemerged in the 1980s. Renewed epidemic activity coincided with the emergence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and may have been triggered by the failure of antimalarial drugs. Meteorologic changes, po...

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Main Authors: G. Dennis Shanks, Simon I. Hay, Judy A. Omumbo, Robert W. Snow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/04-1131_article
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spelling doaj-f1664c9fea3443349daa33bc0921ef622020-11-24T21:50:08ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-09-011191425143210.3201/eid1109.041131Malaria in Kenya's Western HighlandsG. Dennis ShanksSimon I. HayJudy A. OmumboRobert W. SnowRecords from tea estates in the Kericho district in Kenya show that malaria reemerged in the 1980s. Renewed epidemic activity coincided with the emergence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and may have been triggered by the failure of antimalarial drugs. Meteorologic changes, population movements, degradation of health services, and changes in Anopheles vector populations are possible contributing factors. The highland malaria epidemics of the 1940s were stopped largely by sporontocidal drugs, and combination chemotherapy has recently limited transmission. Antimalarial drugs can limit the pool of gametocytes available to infect mosquitoes during the brief transmission season.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/04-1131_articlePlasmodium falciparummalariaepidemiologyhighlanddrug resistanceKenya.
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author G. Dennis Shanks
Simon I. Hay
Judy A. Omumbo
Robert W. Snow
spellingShingle G. Dennis Shanks
Simon I. Hay
Judy A. Omumbo
Robert W. Snow
Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Plasmodium falciparum
malaria
epidemiology
highland
drug resistance
Kenya.
author_facet G. Dennis Shanks
Simon I. Hay
Judy A. Omumbo
Robert W. Snow
author_sort G. Dennis Shanks
title Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands
title_short Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands
title_full Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands
title_fullStr Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands
title_full_unstemmed Malaria in Kenya's Western Highlands
title_sort malaria in kenya's western highlands
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn 1080-6040
1080-6059
publishDate 2005-09-01
description Records from tea estates in the Kericho district in Kenya show that malaria reemerged in the 1980s. Renewed epidemic activity coincided with the emergence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and may have been triggered by the failure of antimalarial drugs. Meteorologic changes, population movements, degradation of health services, and changes in Anopheles vector populations are possible contributing factors. The highland malaria epidemics of the 1940s were stopped largely by sporontocidal drugs, and combination chemotherapy has recently limited transmission. Antimalarial drugs can limit the pool of gametocytes available to infect mosquitoes during the brief transmission season.
topic Plasmodium falciparum
malaria
epidemiology
highland
drug resistance
Kenya.
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/04-1131_article
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