Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Dispatch
Retrospective Study of Kyasanur Forest Disease and Deaths among Nonhuman Primates, India, 1957–2020
Sulagna Chakraborty, William E. Sander
, Brian F. Allan, and Flavia C.D. Andrade
, Brian F. Allan, and Flavia C.D. Andrade
Table 1
Monkey deaths attributed to Kyasanur Forest disease in the southwestern states of India, 1957–2020*
| Year | Total no. monkey deaths | No. monkey deaths, state of occurrence |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 Jan–Sep | 105 | 105, KN |
| 1957–1958 Oct–Sep | 92 | 92, KN |
| 1958–1959 | 290 | 290, KN |
| 1959–1960 | 187 | 187, KN |
| 1960–1961 | 80 | 80, KN |
| 1961–1962 | 114 | 114, KN |
| 1962–1963 | 147 | 147, KN |
| 1963–1964 | 144 | 144, KN |
| 1964–1965 | 109 | 109, KN |
| 1965–1966 | 191 | 191, KN |
| 1967–1968 | 126 | 126, KN |
| 1968–1969 | 138 | 138, KN |
| 1969–1970 | 135 | 135, KN |
| 1970–1971 | 88 | 88, KN |
| 1971–1972 | 75 | 75, KN |
| 1972–1973 | 101 | 101, KN |
| 1973–1974 | 83 | 83, KN |
| 1975–1981 | No data | No data |
| 1982–1983 | >35 | <35, KN |
| 1983–1997 | No data | No data |
| 1998 | Dead monkeys reported | No figure reported† for KN |
| 1999 | No data | No data |
| 2000 | Several dead monkeys reported | No figure reported for KN |
| 2001–2002 | No data | No data |
| 2003 | 132 | 132, KN |
| 2004 | 86 | 86, KN |
| 2005 | 53 | 53, KN |
| 2006 | 61 | 61, KN |
| 2007 | 19 | 19, KN |
| 2008 | 23 | 23, KN |
| 2009 | 86 | 86, KN |
| 2010 | 28 | 28, KN |
| 2011 | >35 | <35, KN |
| 2012 | >64 | 39-64, KN; No figure reported for TN |
| 2013 | 50 | 50, KN |
| 2014 | >131 | 31, KN; <100, KL |
| 2015 | 60 | 42, KN; 18, KL |
| 2016 | 72 | 3, MH; 69, GA |
| 2017 | >81 | <51, KL; <10, GA |
| 2018 | >76 | <76, KN; No figure reported for KL or MH |
| 2019 | >15 | 15, KN; No figure reported for KL |
| 2020 | >2 | 2, KN; No figure reported for KL |
*GA, Goa; KL, Kerala; KN, Karnataka; MH, Maharashtra; TN, Tamil Nadu. †No figure reported indicates that monkey deaths were reported in a state but an exact number was not provided.
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