On the transmission pattern of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) in India.
Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever, is endemic in five districts of Karnataka state, India. Recent reports of the spread of disease to neighboring districts of the Western Ghats, namely Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka, Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, Wayanad and Malappuram districts in Kerala, and Pali village in Goa are a cause for concern. Besides vaccination of the affected population, establishing an event-based surveillance system for monkey deaths in the national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests of the Western Ghats would help detect the disease early and thereby help implement appropriate control measures.
National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. mmurhekar@gmail.com.
Manoj V
MV
Murhekar
Department of Health and Family Welfare, Shimoga, India. drgudadappa@gmail.com.
Gudadappa S
GS
Kasabi
National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. sanjaymehendale@icmr.org.in.
Sanjay M
SM
Mehendale
National Institute of Virology, ICMR, Pune, India. directorniv@gmail.com.
Devendra T
DT
Mourya
National Institute of Virology, ICMR, Pune, India. yadavpd@icmr.org.in.
Pragya D
PD
Yadav
National Institute of Virology, ICMR, Pune, India. drtandale@gmail.com.
Babasaheb V
BV
Tandale
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007733:Kyasanur Forest Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*