Kyasanur Forest Disease, India, 2011–2012

To determine the cause of the recent upsurge in Kyasanur Forest disease, we investigated the outbreak that occurred during December 2011–March 2012 in India. Male patients >14 years of age were most commonly affected. Although vaccination is the key strategy for preventing disease, vaccine for bo...

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Autores principales: Kasabi, Gudadappa S., Murhekar, Manoj V., Yadav, Pragya D., Raghunandan, R., Kiran, S.K., Sandhya, V.K., Channabasappa, G.H., Mishra, Akhilesh C., Mourya, Devendra Tarachand, Mehendale, Sanjay M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23343570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1902.120544
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author Kasabi, Gudadappa S.
Murhekar, Manoj V.
Yadav, Pragya D.
Raghunandan, R.
Kiran, S.K.
Sandhya, V.K.
Channabasappa, G.H.
Mishra, Akhilesh C.
Mourya, Devendra Tarachand
Mehendale, Sanjay M.
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Channabasappa, G.H.
Mishra, Akhilesh C.
Mourya, Devendra Tarachand
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description To determine the cause of the recent upsurge in Kyasanur Forest disease, we investigated the outbreak that occurred during December 2011–March 2012 in India. Male patients >14 years of age were most commonly affected. Although vaccination is the key strategy for preventing disease, vaccine for boosters was unavailable during 2011, which might be a reason for the increased cases.
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spelling pubmed-35590392013-02-05 Kyasanur Forest Disease, India, 2011–2012 Kasabi, Gudadappa S. Murhekar, Manoj V. Yadav, Pragya D. Raghunandan, R. Kiran, S.K. Sandhya, V.K. Channabasappa, G.H. Mishra, Akhilesh C. Mourya, Devendra Tarachand Mehendale, Sanjay M. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine the cause of the recent upsurge in Kyasanur Forest disease, we investigated the outbreak that occurred during December 2011–March 2012 in India. Male patients >14 years of age were most commonly affected. Although vaccination is the key strategy for preventing disease, vaccine for boosters was unavailable during 2011, which might be a reason for the increased cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3559039/ /pubmed/23343570 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1902.120544 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Channabasappa, G.H.
Mishra, Akhilesh C.
Mourya, Devendra Tarachand
Mehendale, Sanjay M.
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