PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis & scrub typhus – India: (KL)

Scrub Typhus, Leptospirosis — India
Thiruvananthapuram has reported the highest number of cases in the state [of Kerala] of 5 types of communicable diseases so far this year [2015], according to the government. Health Minister VS Sivakumar presented the data for this year, up to [10 Jul 2015], as part of giving replies to questions in the Assembly on [Tue 21 Jul 2015].
Of the total 351 cases of leptospirosis (rat fever) reported till [10 Jul 2015], Thiruvananthapuram accounted for 138.
A large number of scrub typhus cases