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By Zesha Saleem A dangerous”monkey fever” has killed at least two people in Southern India. Another 49 have been infected by the Kyasanur Forest Disease, which causes brain damage, vomiting and bleeding. Reports suggest that the disease is spreading fast, and can be traced back to three separate districts south of Goa. The virus is from the same family as yellow fever and dengue fever, which is spread to victims through ticks, which carry the bug from sick monkeys to humans. At present, the outbreak has claimed the lives of an 18-year-old girl from the Shivamogga district and a 79-year-old man…