BACKGROUND: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging arthropod-borne zoonoses of global
agricultural and public health importance. In December 2006, an RVF outbreak was
recognized in Kenya which led to the deployment of international response laboratory teams
to the area. OBJECTIVES: A field laboratory was operated in Malindi, Kenya to provide safe
sample handling and molecular testing for RVF virus (RVFV) as well as selected other
pathogens for differential diagnosis. STUDY DESIGN: Safe sample handling was carried out …