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

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

The infection can be treated with antibiotics such as doxycycline and azithromycin, but no vaccine is currently available for prevention. During the study, five people died due to scrub typhus-related ...

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 ...

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

New Delhi: Affecting around a tenth of rural populations in India every year, 'scrub typhus' infection, spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger), could be an "under-recognised ...

Scrub typhus is a potentially life-threatening infection caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, which belongs to the rickettsia family. It is spread to humans through the bite of infected ...

Scrub typhus, a mite-borne bacterial infection, may be a major yet under-recognised cause of fever-related hospitalisations in India, researchers have cautioned after estimating that 10 per cent of ...

(Image Credits: Pixabay) A new study has revealed scrub typhus’ infection could be an “under-recognised” leading cause of hospitalisations for fever. The researchers of the study found that ...

Symptoms, such as fever, headache, body aches and rash, usually begin around 10 days after infection, says Schmidt The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2 ...