Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Scrub typhus – Nepal (11): (CT) more cases
PRO/AH/EDR> Scrub typhus – Nepal (11): (CT) more cases
Scrub Typhus -- NepalAs many as 265 people have been found infected with scrub typhus in Chitwan in the last 3 months. According to the District Public Health Office, Chitwan, the number of people infected with the infectious mite-borne disease that is caused by _Orientia tsutsugamushi_ has been on the rise in the district.Fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, muscular rash and body pain are among the symptoms of scrub typhus._Orientia tsutsugamushi_ is transmitted by a mite that feeds on forest Read more [...]
