Coverage and effectiveness of Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) vaccine in Karnataka, South India, 2005-10.

• Main Authors: Gudadappa S Kasabi (Author), Manoj V Murhekar (Author), Vijay K Sandhya (Author), Ramappa Raghunandan (Author), Shivani K Kiran (Author), Gowdra H Channabasappa (Author), Sanjay M Mehendale (Author)
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• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Kyasanur forest disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral disease with hemorrhagic manifestations, is localised in five districts of Karnataka state, India. Annual rounds of vaccination using formalin inactivated tissue-culture vaccine have been conducted in the region since 1990. Two doses of v...