Epidemiological trends in Kyasanur Forest Disease in Karnataka State, South India

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Pai U ◽  
Harsha Kumar H N
Keyword(s):  
South India ◽  
Forest Disease ◽  
Karnataka State ◽  
Kyasanur Forest Disease ◽  
Epidemiological Trends

scholarly journals Coverage and Effectiveness of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) Vaccine in Karnataka, South India, 2005–10

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e2025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gudadappa S. Kasabi ◽  
Manoj V. Murhekar ◽  
Vijay K. Sandhya ◽  
Ramappa Raghunandan ◽  
Shivani K. Kiran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South India ◽  
Forest Disease ◽  
Kyasanur Forest Disease

scholarly journals Kyasanur forest disease: a rare viral hemorrhagic disease in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 3149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Dhaka ◽  
Ramesh Verma ◽  
Raj Kumar ◽  
Mukesh Dhankar ◽  
Kapil Bhalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spots ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Tick Population ◽  
Hemorrhagic Disease ◽  
Forest Disease ◽  
The People ◽  
Karnataka State ◽  
Kyasanur Forest Disease ◽  
Pass Through

Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is a rare hemorrhagic disease in India and isolated in monkeys in the Kyasanur Forest of the Shimoga district, Karnataka State in India in 1957. KFD is a zoonotic disease and endemic in southern part of India. KFD Virus commonly infects the black faced langur monkey (Semnopithecus entellus). No evidence for human-to-human transmission. Large domestic animals (cows, goats, sheep) that become infected are thought be important only for sustaining tick population. When monkeys come in contact with the infected ticks, they get infected, amplify and disseminate the infection creating hot spots of infection. The people who pass through the forest are bitten by the infected nymphs of H. spinigera, which are highly anthropophilic. Local villagers staying in and around the forest area frequently visit the forest for collection of fire woods, grass  and get infected through tick bites. The incubation period is 3-8 days and patients presented with following symptoms like chills, frontal headache, bodyache, and high fever for 5-12 days. There were 466 human cases during initial outbreak and 181 more the following year and has caused epidemic outbreaks of haemorrhagic fever affecting 400 to 1000 people per year since then, with mortality rate of 4 and 15%.  In 2012, 9 persons were found positive for KFD, in Theerthahlli taluk of district Karnataka. There is no specific treatment for KFD but a timely supportive therapy reduces the mortality in human being.

A guide to the identification of all stages of the Haemaphysalis ticks of South India

1964 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Trapido ◽  
M. G. R. Varma ◽  
P. K. Rajagopalan ◽  
K. R. P. Singh ◽  
M. J. Rebello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
South India ◽  
Forest Disease ◽  
Mysore State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Kyasanur Forest Disease

Investigations of the natural history of the virus of Kyasanur Forest disease since its discovery during 1957 in Shimoga District, Mysore State, south India have concentrated much attention on ticks of the genus Haemaphysalis in the region, as virus has repeatedly been isolated from them.Keys are provided for larvae, nymphs and adults of both sexes of the 14 species of Haemaphysalis that have been taken in the area, with supplementary comments on six other species of the genus recorded, or likely to occur, elsewhere in south India. Illustrations are given showing the characters of the larvae and nymphs that are used in the keys.

scholarly journals Low mammalian species richness is associated with Kyasanur forest disease outbreak risk in deforested landscapes in the Western Ghats, India

One Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 100299
Author(s):  
Michael G. Walsh ◽  
Rashmi Bhat ◽  
Venkatesh Nagarajan-Radha ◽  
Prakash Narayanan ◽  
Navya Vyas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Forest Disease ◽  
Kyasanur Forest Disease ◽  
The Western Ghats
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