The scrub typhus infection is spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger). Chiggers are found on grass, plant ...

A study of more than 32,000 people living in Tamil Nadu, India, suggests scrub typhus infection may affect up to 10% of rural ...

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

For the study, blood samples of people who reported fever were collected every six to eight weeks from August 2020 to July ...

Among those who were infected, 8 per cent to 15 per cent developed fever which often required hospital care, researchers said ...

Scrub typhus is caused by the bacterium 'Orientia tsutsugamushi', which belongs to the rickettsia family. Severe illness due ...

Affecting around a tenth of rural populations in India every year, 'scrub typhus' infection, spread by the bite of an ...

Rural communities are at high risk of potentially life-threatening scrub typhus infections, according to a study by ...

Researchers call for communities to be informed of possible dangers of scrub typhus infection, which can be deadly if left ...

A recent study has revealed that scrub typhus infection could be an “under-recognised” leading cause of hospitalisations for fever, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the cases. The study ...

Rural populations are at high risk of contracting scrub typhus, a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection, according ...