Scrub Typhus — India
Even as West Bengal is combatting an outbreak of dengue, the state also has another bacterial disease on its plate to battle: scrub typhus. Over 30 people in Bankura have been affected by scrub typhus in the past month.
A type of mite-borne infectious disease, it has symptoms which are similar to chikungunya and dengue — fever, headache and muscle pain — which make it all the harder for doctors to diagnose.
This mite-borne disease is transmitted to humans from the bite of an infected
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