Kyasanur Forest Disease -- India
Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), or monkey fever, has claimed one more life in Wayanad [district] in Kerala, taking the death toll due the tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever so far this year [2019] in the district to 2.
The deceased has been identified as [a 23-year-old] native of Appapara near Thirunelli. According to health department officials, [the man] had been living with family near Bairakuppa in Karnataka after his marriage, and he was bought to the district hospital at Mananthavady
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6450000&promed&0
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