Scrub typhus is a type of bacterial infection. You can get it when a small, infected mite called a chigger bites you. Learn more about signs to watch for and how you can avoid them.

Causes of Scrub Typhus. The main cause of scrub typhus is the bacterium Orientuai tsutsugamushi. It is majorly spread in human beings by the bites of infected mites known as chiggers. ...

A potentially deadly disease, scrub typhus, spread by chiggers has been found in the United States for the first time, thus far only in North Carolina.

Patients with high fever and severe body aches, headache, abdominal pain, and joint and muscle pain are common in the ...

More stories about creepy-crawly (or buzzing) pests and what to do about them. Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in ...

If scrub typhus is not treated, it can last for 14 to 21 days and result in death (Picture Credit: IANS) In Meerut, a 12-year-old boy, Ahmed, a resident of Tikri village died of Scrub Typhus.Ahmed ...

Jaipur: With the onset of monsoon in Rajasthan, the state health department issued an alert Monday over the potential rise in ...

BRITS heading across the pond this summer have been warned of a new disease that kills up to 70 per cent of those it infects. Bacteria that causes ‘scrub typhus’ has been detected in pa… ...

Dr Gulati explains, "Scrub typhus, also known as Bush Typhus, is caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium. This disease is highly prevalent in Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Northern Australia.

Scrub typhus — a life-threatening infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi bacteria — is a major public health threat in South and Southeast Asia. As per estimates, nearly one million cases ...

Scrub Typhus, a deadly bacterial infection is claiming lives in Indian states. As per recent reports, at least 5 people have died after getting infected by this infection and 700 people have ...

Scrub typhus hidden cause of hospitalisation, 10% of Tamil Nadu's rural population affected annually Among those who were infected, 8 per cent to 15 per cent developed fever which often required ...