Rodney L. Coldren|Trish Prosser|Fredrick Ogolla|Victor Ofula|Nicholas I. Adungo
Literacy and recent history of diarrhoea are predictive of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in Kenyan adults
United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa|Edith Cowan University|Kenya Medical Research Institute|Kenya Medical Research Institute|Kenya Medical Research Institute
malaria one serious health problems kenya 2004 kenya medical research institute us army medical research unit kenya surveyed adults samburu malindi busia districts determine socioeconomic risk factors infection sociodemographic health antimalarial data collected along blood malaria testing smear considered negative plasmodium falciparum parasites observed 100 highpowered fields univariate analysis performed pearsons chisquare test univariate logistic regression multivariate logistic regression model created included variables found least marginally significant univariate analysis total 1141 subjects recruited 238 samburu 442 malindi 461 busia smear positivities p falciparum 17 samburu 72 malindi 223 busia interdistrict differences statistically significant p 0001 univariate analysis multivariate logistic regression model included district literacy occupation recent illness independent variables model literacy recent diarrhoeal illness positively least marginally significantly associated parasitaemia p 0023 p 0067 respectively neither age sex occupation history malaria previous three months use antimalarials previous four weeks significantly associated parasitaemia district residence variable highly predictive parasitaemia among kenyan adults surveyed recent history diarrhoeal illness literacy least marginally statistically significant predictors