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VALPOI
The Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) or monkey fever, which had created panic among the villagers in Sattari taluka in the last three years, has yet again caused panic with the detection of the first three cases of the year.
The Manipal Centre for Virus Research, based at the Community Health Centre, Valpoi detected the first three positive cases of the year. Confirming the cases, CHC Valpoi Health Officer Dr Gajanan Naik said all three patients diagnosed with KFD were treated at CHC Valpoi. "Now, they are fine and have been discharged from hospital. Two patients are residents of Velguem and one from Budruk Karmali."
"Compared to the last three years, positive cases of KFD are less and we have also intensified advocacy programmes in all the affected villages in our jurisdiction. So far we have vaccinated 10,583 villagers by organising special vaccination drives," informed Dr Naik.
"We administer KFD vaccination at CHC Valpoi every Tuesday and Friday. We have also distributed some DMP tick repellant oil in a few villages of Sattari. New stock of oil in bulk will arrive soon and that too will be distributed in all the villages."
According to sources, all the three patients who were detected with KFD got tick bites as they were working in a cashew plantation in a forest area. They complained of high fever and were admitted at CHC Valpoi, where they were treated.
It may be recalled that many deaths occurred in Pali-Sattari from February 2015 to April 2015, as for a long time the reason for deaths was not traceable. Noted virologist Dr G Arunkumar from Manipal University and his team then visited the village and diagnosed the epidemic as KFD. Later, Dr Arunkumar opened a virology unit in CHC Valpoi which tests monkey fever and all virus-related diseases free of cost.
During the first season, 30 villagers were diagnosed as KFD positive and one death was declared, but according to villagers the unofficial toll of deaths was much higher.
In the second season of the disease (from December 2015 to May 2016), 807 samples of villagers from Sattari who got fever were tested for KFD by MCVR, out of which 277 were KFD positive and three official figures of death were declared by the government. In the third season, 88 patients were tested positive. No deaths were recorded.
VALPOI
The Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) or monkey fever, which had created panic among the villagers in Sattari taluka in the last three years, has yet again caused panic with the detection of the first three cases of the year.
The Manipal Centre for Virus Research, based at the Community Health Centre, Valpoi detected the first three positive cases of the year. Confirming the cases, CHC Valpoi Health Officer Dr Gajanan Naik said all three patients diagnosed with KFD were treated at CHC Valpoi. "Now, they are fine and have been discharged from hospital. Two patients are residents of Velguem and one from Budruk Karmali."
"Compared to the last three years, positive cases of KFD are less and we have also intensified advocacy programmes in all the affected villages in our jurisdiction. So far we have vaccinated 10,583 villagers by organising special vaccination drives," informed Dr Naik.
"We administer KFD vaccination at CHC Valpoi every Tuesday and Friday. We have also distributed some DMP tick repellant oil in a few villages of Sattari. New stock of oil in bulk will arrive soon and that too will be distributed in all the villages."
According to sources, all the three patients who were detected with KFD got tick bites as they were working in a cashew plantation in a forest area. They complained of high fever and were admitted at CHC Valpoi, where they were treated.
It may be recalled that many deaths occurred in Pali-Sattari from February 2015 to April 2015, as for a long time the reason for deaths was not traceable. Noted virologist Dr G Arunkumar from Manipal University and his team then visited the village and diagnosed the epidemic as KFD. Later, Dr Arunkumar opened a virology unit in CHC Valpoi which tests monkey fever and all virus-related diseases free of cost.
During the first season, 30 villagers were diagnosed as KFD positive and one death was declared, but according to villagers the unofficial toll of deaths was much higher.
In the second season of the disease (from December 2015 to May 2016), 807 samples of villagers from Sattari who got fever were tested for KFD by MCVR, out of which 277 were KFD positive and three official figures of death were declared by the government. In the third season, 88 patients were tested positive. No deaths were recorded.
