Kyasanur Forest Disease — India
Two of the nearly 20 people from villages of Khanapur taluk [sub district, Karnataka], who were suspected to be infected by monkey fever [Kyasanur Forest disease, KFD] and were under treatment over the past week, have tested positive for the disease.
According to district surveillance officer, Jagdish Nuchin, the National Institute of Virology, Pune had confirmed that 2 of the 3 samples of blood were infected by Kyasanur Forest disease virus (KFDV). While the officials of Health Department,
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