Friday, 5 January 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur forest disease - India: (GA)

Hemorrhagic Fever -- India
Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), commonly known as monkey fever, has returned to Sattari with detection of 3 cases at the Manipal Centre for Virus Research based at Valpoi community health centre, in the last 3 weeks. Monkey fever has been present in Sattari taluka during the past 3 years.
When contacted, CHC [Community Health Centre] health official Dr Gajanan Naik confirmed that 3 female patients from Sattari tested positive, and all have recovered after treatment at Valpoi CHC and have

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2Cvc9oM

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