Kyasanur Forest Disease -- India
Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) or monkey fever has claimed one life in Wayanad [district in Kerala state], marking it the 1st KFD death in the state after 2015.
[S] aged (27), a resident of the Begur tribal hamlet, died at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital Saturday night [23 Mar 2019]. He was admitted to the Mananthavady district hospital on [10 Mar 2019] with symptoms of the disease and was later referred to the medical college.
"The deceased had gone for work in a timber yard near
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6386889&promed&0
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