TY - JOUR T1 - Respiratory syncytial virus prevalence in children admitted to five Kenyan district hospitals: a cross-sectional study JF - BMJ Paediatrics Open DO - 10.1136/bmjpo-2018-000409 VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - e000409 AU - Jacqueline Le Geyt AU - Stephanie Hauck AU - Mark Lee AU - Jennifer Mackintosh AU - Jessica Slater AU - Duke Razon AU - Bhanu Williams Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000409.abstract N2 - Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a leading cause of under-five mortality globally. In Kenya, the reported prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in single-centre studies has varied widely. Our study sought to determine the prevalence of RSV infection in children admitted with ARI fulfilling the WHO criteria for bronchiolitis. This was a prospective cross-sectional prevalence study in five hospitals across central and highland Kenya from April to June 2015. Two hundred and thirty-four participants were enrolled. The overall RSV positive rate was 8.1%, which is lower than in previous Kenyan studies. RSV-positive cases were on average 5 months younger than RSV-negative cases. ER -