Patients with high fever and severe body aches, headache, abdominal pain, and joint and muscle pain are common in the outpatient department of Patan Hospital-and some of them have of late been testing ...

Jaipur: With the onset of monsoon in Rajasthan, the state health department issued an alert Monday over the potential rise in scrub typhus cases, a zoonotic disease transmitted by chigger mites that ...

At least six people have died due to the scrub typhus infection in Odisha, which spreads through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites). The latest scrub typhus death has been reported from ...

A study in Tamil Nadu, India, finds that scrub typhus is a common yet under-recognized cause of fever, affecting up to 10% of rural populations each year.

The cases of scrub typhus are on the rise in Odisha and Himachal Pradesh Know all the important details about this deadly condition ...

Scrub typhus — a life-threatening infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi bacteria — is a major public health threat in South and Southeast Asia. As per estimates, nearly one million cases ...

A study of over 32,000 people living in Tamil Nadu, India suggests scrub typhus infection may affect up to 10% of rural populations annually and is a leading yet under-recognised cause of ...

Scrub typhus is caused by the bacterium 'Orientia tsutsugamushi', which belongs to the rickettsia family. Severe illness due to the infection, if left untreated, can cause death.

The scrub typhus infection spreads when a chigger bites someone. Persons who frequently visit farmland or forests are vulnerable to the infection.

A dual antibiotic combination was better than either drug alone for treatment of severe scrub typhus, the randomized INTREST trial showed. For patients with this tropical mite-borne bacterial ...

Bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi causes the disease scrub typhus, which is spread to people through bites of infected chiggers. Symptoms include a dark scab at the site of the bite ...

Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by a bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi. The infectious disease is spread to people through bite of infected chiggers (larval mites).