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PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease – India (16): (KA) fatal

Kyasanur Forest Disease -- IndiaTirthahalli taluk [sub district of Shimoga district, Karnataka] is affected again by Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD, also known as monkey fever) after 5 positive cases including one death have been reported in the past week.[S], 47-year old woman, a resident of Ghantejanagallu village, who complained of high fever, headache, and joint pain, was admitted to J.C. Government Hospital on [16 Dec 2017]. The samples of her blood were sent to a laboratory in Manipal, where Read more [...]