The Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) also known as ‘monkey disease’ has claimed its seventh victim in the remote sub-district of Sattari. Speaking to reporters state epidemiologist Utkarsh Betodkar said 66-year-old Jayashri Gaonkar was the seventh person to succumb to the KFD disease which is caused due to proximity of human beings to wild monkeys. ‘Jayashri Gaonkar from Sattari died in hospital. She had been suffering from fever and loose motions and was identified as KFD-positive’ Betodkar said. KFD was first identified in 1957 from a sick monkey from the Kyasanur forest in Karnataka. Since the time of its discovery around
