Reuters and Nando.net < http://www.nando.net)> report at least 143 dead from malaria in northeastern Kenya as subsiding floods leave behind an abundance of spawning areas for mosquitoes. A "mystery" disease present in Garissa and Wajir in the area affected by flooding. At least 555 people are dead of malaria in Kenya since the end of June and 2,687 in eastern Africa in roughly the same period according to the World Health Organization.--forwarded by C. W. Gilbert <blazing@igc.apc.org>