Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease – India (03): (KA) new cases
PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease – India (03): (KA) new cases
Kyasanur Forest Disease -- IndiaThe Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, has shown no signs of abatement in Tirthahalli taluk with 2 persons testing positive for the infection here in the past one week. With this, the total number of persons tested positive Tirthahalli taluk in the past 2 months has raised to 7. A 47-year-old woman, who tested positive for KFD, also died during this period.KFD is a tick-borne viral infection that spreads from monkeys to humans through tick bite. Read more [...]
