Kyasanur Forest Disease -- India
The outbreak of monkey fever [Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD)] has claimed 2 lives in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra this month [February 2017], despite the administration undertaking large scale vaccination drives to prevent the infection. "The victims are the 1st casualties of the season as the viral infection is intensified during the December to May period.
A total of 43 patients from 15 villages, mostly in the southern part of the district, are infected with this fever," Yogesh Sale,
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