Hemorrhagic Fever -- India
The Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), a rare viral strain popularly known as 'monkey fever', has claimed the life of a 60 year old woman from Mauxi village in Goa, officials said on [Mon 18 Jan 2016]. The victim, from the village in North Goa, 50 km [31 mi] from Panaji, expired at the Goa Medical College Hospital located on the outskirts of Panaji, where she was admitted last week [week of 11 Jan 2016] after the fever worsened.
Confirming the death, Utkarsh Betodkar, state epidemiologist at
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