title: Kyasanur Forest Disease - First Reported Case in Kerala.
abstract: Kyasanur Forest disease is a tick-borne arboviral fever with biphasic course of illness with prominent hemorrhagic features in the first phase and encephalitic picture in the second phase. So far it has been described in the southern Karnataka only. Here we report a case of Kyasanur Forest Disease for the first time from Kerala in an 18 year old male from Noolpuzha - Alathoor colony of Wayanad district.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Shiji
authors.affiliation: Provisional Lecture.
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Viswanath
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident.
authors.forename: Sreena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sreekumar
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sreejith
authors.affiliation: Additional Professor.
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majeed
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Udayabhaskaran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007733:Kyasanur Forest Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases