KFD: How to approach ?
Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) is a zoonotic disease associated with sudden onset of high grade fever, prostration, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and occasionally neurological & haemorrhagic manifestations. It derives its name from the forest range where the virus was first isolated. It is also known as “monkey disease/monkey fever” because of its association with monkey deaths. Incidence in India The disease was first reported in 1957 from Shimoga district, Karnataka, which is a primitive sylvan territory in Western Ghats of India, subsequently spread centripetally to other districts of Karnataka viz., Chikkamagalore, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and to Chamarajanagar district in 2012 and Belagavi district in 2016. 2013, KFDV was detected in autopsy material of dead monkeys in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu state. Monkey deaths and human cases have now been reported from three neighbouring states bordering Karnataka viz., Wayanad (2013) and Malappuram district