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PRO/AH/EDR> Scrub typhus – India (05): (WB) fatal
Scrub Typhus -- IndiaA bacterial ailment known as scrub typhus has turned out to be the 2nd most frequent infectious disease in Kolkata [West Bengal] this year [2017] after dengue, according to a survey by a private hospital. Even though the disease -- which has symptoms similar to those of dengue -- affected a far smaller number of people, the mortality rate of scrub typhus patients was higher. Out of the 838 patients admitted in Peerless Hospital [Kolkata] with fever between June and November [2017], Read more [...]
