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New focus of Kyasanur Forest disease virus activity in a tribal area in Kerala, India, 2014

BACKGROUND: Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) is a febrile illness characterized by hemorrhages, and is reported endemic in the Shimoga district in Karnataka state, India. It is caused by the KFD virus (KFDV) of the family Flaviviridae, and is transmitted to monkeys and humans by Haemaphysalis ticks. FI...

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Autores principales: Tandale, Babasaheb V, Balakrishnan, Anukumar, Yadav, Pragya D, Marja, Noona, Mourya, Devendra T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25750730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-015-0044-2