Monkey Fever Spreads Throughout Goa, One Dead
A rare viral strain of monkey fever has killed a 60-year-old woman from Mauxi village in Goa, officials have confirmed. The Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), the official name for ‘monkey fever’, is said to be spread through ticks, a parasite commonly found on monkeys. Weeklyvoice.com reports: The victim from the village in North Goa, 50 km from Panaji, expired at the Goa Medical College Hospital located on the outskirts of Panaji, where she was admitted last week after the fever worsened.