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Overall, 51 (1.8%; confidence interval [CI<jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>] 1.3\u20132.3) of 2,871 samples were seropositive for RVFV. Seroprevalence differed significantly among villages, and was highest in Jego Village (18\/300; 6.0%; CI<jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub> 3.6\u20139.3) and lowest in Magodzoni (0\/248). Adults were more likely to be seropositive than children (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Seropositive subjects were less likely to own land or a motor vehicle (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01), suggesting exposure is associated with lower socioeconomic standing (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03). RVFV exposure appears to be low in coastal Kenya, although with some variability among villages.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.17-0104","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,2]],"date-time":"2017-05-02T07:00:05Z","timestamp":1493708405000},"page":"115-120","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Rift Valley Fever Seroprevalence in Coastal Kenya"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"97","author":[{"given":"Elysse N.","family":"Grossi-Soyster","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tamara","family":"Banda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Crystal Y.","family":"Teng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, 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