Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013
Letter
Spread of Kyasanur Forest Disease, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, India, 2012–2013
Devendra T. Mourya
, Pragya D. Yadav, K. Sandhya, and Shivanna Reddy
, Pragya D. Yadav, K. Sandhya, and Shivanna Reddy
Table
Real-time reverse transcription PCR and nested reverse transcription PCR results for specimens screened for Kyasanur Forest disease virus, India, November 2012–May 2013*
| Date of sample collection | Location of sample collection | No. samples positive/no. total |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | Monkey | Tick pools | ||
| 2012 Nov | Maddur Forest Range, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Chamarajanagara District, Karnataka State | 4/6 | 3/7 | – |
| 2013 Jan | Chamarajanagara District, Karnataka State | 7/13 | – | 0/7 |
| 2013 Jan | Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu State | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/5 |
| 2013 Feb | Chamarajanagara District, Karnataka State | – | – | 1/2 |
| 2013, May | Wayanad District, Kerala State | 1/1 | – | – |
| Total no. positive samples | 12/21 | 4/9 | 1/14 | |
*–, no samples from the area.
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