Kyasanur Forest Disease -- India
The 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. Its symptoms include
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5567058&promed&0
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