Bhatt K M, Bhatt S M, Tombe M, Okelo G B
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi.
East Afr Med J. 1994 Nov;71(11):755-7.
Blackwater fever was an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the beginning of this century particularly in West and Central Africa. There has been a marked reduction in the incidence of blackwater fever since 1950 and only sporadic cases occur nowadays. At the Kenyatta National Hospital, three cases of blackwater fever have been seen in the past four years whereas not a single case had been reported between 1975 and 1988. Two of the patients fit into the classical description of blackwater fever and one was possibly due to drug induced haemolysis in a G6PD deficiency patient.
黑水热在本世纪初是发病和死亡的一个重要原因，尤其在西非和中非地区。自1950年以来，黑水热的发病率显著下降，如今仅偶有病例出现。在内罗毕肯雅塔国家医院，过去四年间共发现三例黑水热病例，而在1975年至1988年期间则未曾报告过一例。其中两名患者符合黑水热的典型描述，另一名患者可能是由于葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶（G6PD）缺乏症患者药物诱导的溶血所致。
