TNN | Nov 30, 2012, 11.45 AM IST

MYSORE: A day after a forest employee from Alegowdanakatte anti-poaching camp was diagnosed with a suspected case of monkey fever, staff working at the Bandipur Tiger Reservestarted panicking.

Gundlupet chief medical officer (CMO) R Srinivas said he got panic calls from three to four employees on Thursday asking about vaccines for preventing Kyasanur forest disease or monkey fever. "I have told the callers not to worry about the disease and asked them to wait till the National Institute of Virology, Pune, confirms it," he said.

The CMO added he has asked employees to take precautions and bathe soon after reaching home from work as a precaution.

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