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On the transmission pattern of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) in India.
- Source :
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty; Aug2015, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p1-4, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever, is endemic in five districts of Karnataka state, India. Recent reports of the spread of disease to neighboring districts of the Western Ghats, namely Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka, Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, Wayanad and Malappuram districts in Kerala, and Pali village in Goa are a cause for concern. Besides vaccination of the affected population, establishing an event-based surveillance system for monkey deaths in the national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests of the Western Ghats would help detect the disease early and thereby help implement appropriate control measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TICK-borne diseases
VIRAL vaccines
VIRUS disease transmission
PANDEMICS
POPULATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20499957
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109262812
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-015-0066-9