Kyasanur forest disease: an epidemiological view in India
@article{Pattnaik2006KyasanurFD, title={Kyasanur forest disease: an epidemiological view in India}, author={Priyabrata Pattnaik}, journal={Reviews in Medical Virology}, year={2006}, volume={16} }
Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) was first recognised as a febrile illness in the Shimoga district of Karnataka state of India. The causative agent, KFD virus (KFDV), is a highly pathogenic member in the family Flaviviridae, producing a haemorrhagic disease in infected human beings. KFD is a zoonotic disease and has so far been localised only in a southern part of India. The exact cause of its emergence in the mid 1950s is not known. A variant of KFDV, characterised serologically and genetically…
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