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Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023
Research Letter

Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019

Wendy Prudhomme O’MearaComments to Author , Linda Maraga, Hannah Meredith, Daniel Esimit, Gilchrist Lokoel, Tabitha Chepkwony, Joseph Kipkoech, George Ambani, Diana Menya, Elizabeth Freedman, Steve Taylor, and Andrew Obala
Author affiliations: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA (W. Prudhomme O’Meara, H. Meredith, E. Freedman, S. Taylor); Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya (W. Prudhomme O’Meara, D. Menya, A. Obala); Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, Eldoret (L. Maraga, T. Chepkwony, J. Kipkoech, G. Ambani); Turkana County Health Management, Lodwar, Kenya (D. Esimit, G. Lokoel)

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Prevalence of Plasmodium vivax infection in communities along the Turkwel River in study of P. vivax prevalence in semiarid region of northern Kenya, 2019. Household members of patients with P. falciparum infections were tested for P. vivax infection. A) Study area (red box) in Turkana County, northwestern Kenya. Gray shading indicates <0.01% prevalence of P. vivax infections; white shading indicates no detected infections. Data from the Malaria Atlas Project. B) Coordinates of different study enrollment sites. Main black line across the graph indicates the Turkwel River in Turkana County. Sizes of dots indicate number of household members enrolled; colors indicate percentages of household members who were positive for P. vivax by qualitative PCR.

Figure. Prevalence of Plasmodium vivax infection in communities along the Turkwel River in study of P. vivax prevalence in semiarid region of northern Kenya, 2019. Household members of patients with P. falciparum infections were tested for P. vivax infection. A) Study area (red box) in Turkana County, northwestern Kenya. Gray shading indicates <0.01% prevalence of P. vivax infections; white shading indicates no detected infections. Data from the Malaria Atlas Project. B) Coordinates of different study enrollment sites. Main black line across the graph indicates the Turkwel River in Turkana County. Sizes of dots indicate number of household members enrolled; colors indicate percentages of household members who were positive for P. vivax by qualitative PCR.

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