Perennial transmission of malaria in the low altitude areas of Baringo County, Kenya

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Collince J. Omondi, Daniel Onguru, Lucy Kamau, Mark Nanyingi, George Ong’amo, Benson Estambale
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Malaria; Children; RDT; Riverine; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Midland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1904-y; https://doaj.org/article/c3780f77874c4434b6bc371e12811ed9

Abstract Background Malaria causes the greatest public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa where high mortality occurs mainly in children under 5 years of age. Traditionally, malaria has been reported mainly in the lowlands endemic regions of western Kenya, while the highlands of the Rift Valley hav...