Kyasanur Forest disease

Kyasanur forest disease
Other namesMonkey disease, monkey fever
Virus ecology
SpecialtyInfectious disease

Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is a tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever endemic to southwestern India. The disease is caused by a virus belonging to the family Flaviviridae. The KFD virus (KFDV) is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected hard ticks (Haemaphysalis spinigera), which act as a reservoir of KFDV.

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