Clinical & epidemiological significance of Kyasanur forest disease.

This article describes in detail the clinical presentation of KFD reported till date. It also highlights geographical distribution of the disease, risk factors for virus transmission, biochemical/haematological findings and control measures. There is an urgent need for research on KFD, particularly for understanding biphasic nature of illness, development of cost-effective diagnostic tools, utility of non-invasive samples for diagnosis and development of new vaccines. PMID: 30381537 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30381537?dopt=Abstract

Source: Indian J Med Res - August 1, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Munivenkatappa A, Sahay RR, Yadav PD, Viswanathan R, Mourya DT Tags: Indian J Med Res Source Type: research