Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD)

Details

• Alternative Title:
  AHF
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
• Description:
  Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) is caused by Kyasanur Forest disease virus (KFDV), a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. KFDV was identified in 1957 when it was isolated from a sick monkey from the Kyasanur Forest in Karnataka (formerly Mysore) State, India. Since then, between 400-500 humans cases per year have been reported.
  
  Hard ticks (Hemaphysalis spinigera) are the reservoir of KFD virus and once infected, remain so for life. Rodents, shrews, and monkeys are common hosts for KFDV after being bitten by an infected tick. KFDV can cause epizootics with high fatality in primates.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne Kyasanur Forest Disease
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7823b6e0778b881854f6154342e927102243d575670658fae5d85ae433d952fc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24534/cdc_24534_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 115.41 KB ]