PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Le Geyt, Jacqueline
AU  - Hauck, Stephanie
AU  - Lee, Mark
AU  - Mackintosh, Jennifer
AU  - Slater, Jessica
AU  - Razon, Duke
AU  - Williams, Bhanu
TI  - Respiratory syncytial virus prevalence in children admitted to five Kenyan district hospitals: a cross-sectional study
AID  - 10.1136/bmjpo-2018-000409
DP  - 2019 Mar 01
TA  - BMJ Paediatrics Open
PG  - e000409
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
4099  - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000409.short
4100  - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000409.full
AB  - 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.