Thursday, 14 March 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease - India (11): (KA) human, fatal

Hemorrhagic Fever -- India
A 35 year old man died of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, at KMC hospital in Manipal on Monday [4 Mar 2019].
The deceased was a resident of Bannumane village in Aralagodu Gram Panchayat jurisdiction in Sagar taluk. With this, the death toll due to KFD has risen to 11 in the last 4 months.
[byline: Nrupathunga S K]
--
communicated by:
ProMED-mail

[The above report provides no epidemiological information or exposure history of the new fatal case. The

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6366358&promed&0

No comments:

Post a Comment