| studies on the vector of kala-azar in kenya, viii. the outbreak in machakos district; epidemiological features and a possible way of control. | the epidemiology of kala-azar was studied in east katangini, the area in machakos district where the incidence of the disease had been highest during the epidemic years 1977-1979. a house-to-house survey showed that 19.3% of the homesteads had harboured kala-azar patients in the period 1977-1980, while 3.2% of the people had suffered from the disease. significantly more males had had the disease than females and more children than adults, while the male patients came mainly from poorer homestead ... | 1984 | 6532329 |
| epidemiology of malaria in kenya. | more than four million cases of malaria are reported annually in kenya. a 5.1% mortality rate has been reported among patients admitted with severe malaria. although plasmodium falciparum is the species most frequently associated with severe malaria and accounts for 80-90% of cases in kenya, p. malariae, p. ovale, and p. vivax also exist in the country. vector species in kenya are members of the anopheles gambiae complex and a. funestus. transmission patterns of the disease in kenya are infl ... | 1994 | 12287810 |