Kyasanur Forest Disease Outbreak and Vaccination Strategy, Shimoga District, India, 2013–2014

Kyasanur Forest Disease Outbreak and Vaccination Strategy, Shimoga District, India, 2013–2014

We investigated a Kyasanur Forest disease outbreak in Karnataka, India during December 2013–April 2014. Surveillance and retrospective study indicated low vaccine coverage, low vaccine effectiveness, and spread of disease to areas beyond those selected for vaccination and to age groups not targeted...

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Main Authors: S.K. Kiran, Achhelal Pasi, Satish Kumar, Gudadappa S. Kasabi, Prabhakara Gujjarappa, Aakash Shrivastava, Sanjay Mehendale, L.S. Chauhan, Kayla F. Laserson, Manoj V. Murhekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Kyasanur Forest disease
outbreak
vaccination
India
viruses
vector-borne diseases
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/1/14-1227_article

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