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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Shanks, G. Dennis ; Hay, Simon I. ; Omumbo, Judy A. ; Snow, Robert W.
Shanks, G. Dennis ; Hay, Simon I. ; Omumbo, Judy A. ; Snow, Robert W. Less -
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.
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Adolescent
Adult
Antimalarials
Child
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Disease Outbreaks
Historical Review
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1425-1432.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Kenya
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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