Table 1. Comparison of Characteristics of AHFV and KFDV.

Characteristic	AHFV	KFDV
Discovered in year	1995	1957
Genus	Flavivirus	Flavivirus
Reservoir	Unknown	Monkey
Vector	Unknown	Ticks
Transmission	Direct contact of contaminated blood and any products of infected livestock animals or tick bites or may be mosquito bites	Haemaphysalis tick bites that have contact with monkeys
Ecosystem	Arid regions (urban and rural)	Forest
Geographic distribution	South of Saudi Arabia, south of Egypt, and some African countries	Endemic to Southern part of India (first of reported from the Kyasanur Forest of Karnataka)
Incubation period (Days)	Unknown	2-8
Fatality rate	Less than 1-25%	3-10%
Diagnosis	PCR and Virus isolate sequencing	PCR and Virus isolate sequencing
Serological identification	ELISA and other test like serum neutralization	ELISA and other test like serum neutralization
Treatment	Treatment unknown and supportive care	Treatment unknown and supportive care
Vaccine	Not available	Vaccine used in endemic areas of India
Way to prevent and avoid infection and its transmission	• Ignore direct contact of infected livestock animals and their products. • Wearing personal protective accessories like gloves, apron etc. whenever coming in contact with infected animal or their products having this virus infection. • Apply tick and mosquito repellant cream or spray. •Use of mosquito net and avoid living under trees. • In endemic situations, take high precaution to avoid of contact with ticks and mosquitoes.	• Control of ticks. • Wearing personal protective accessories like gloves, apron etc. whenever coming in contact with infected animal or their products having this virus infection. • Avoid contact with mammals like monkeys.