Hemorrhagic Fever -- India
The Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), commonly known as the monkey fever, has claimed 11 lives in Maharashtra this year [2017], according to health officials. All the victims were from Sindhudurg district and succumbed to the viral infection between [January and May 2017], they said.
According to Sindhudurg District Health officer, Dr Yogesh Sale, cases of monkey fever were detected in Maharashtra last year in February [2016] when it claimed 8 lives. This year [2017], the disease death toll
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