Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Kyasanur Forest Disease: A Review

Dr. Sujata S. Bhave

Abstract :

First documentation ofKyasanur forest disease (KFD) was done as a feile illness in the Shimoga district of Karnataka state in SouthIndia. KFD virus (KFDV), a causative agent, is a highly pathogenic member in the family Flaviviridae, leading to ahaemorrhagic disease in infected human beings. KFD is a zoonotic disease and has so far been restricted only in asouthern part of India. The precise cause of its emergence in the 1950s is unknown.The current understanding about KFDV is that it may be persisting silently in a number ofregions of India and that structural and antigenic differences from other tick borne viruses may be related to the characteristic pathogenicity and host specificity of KFDV. However, further investigation is needed to know the exact cause behind the increase in cases of KFD and development of an effective and efficient vaccine is the need of an hour. The changing epidemiology of KFD virus needs attention because it may lead to establishment of the disease in new regions, where the disease has never been reported before.

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Dr. Sujata S. Bhave, Kyasanur Forest Disease: A Review, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2018

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