Scrub typhus: a re-emerging threat in India

Scrub Typhus: An Emerging Threat

Scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (formerly Rickettsia) and is transmitted to humans by an arthropod vector of the Trombiculidae family (Leptotrombidium deliense and L. akamushi). It is the most common re-emerging Rickettsial infection in India and many other South East Asian countries. In fact, scrub typhus is confined geographically to the Asia Pacific region, a billion people ...

Scrub typhus in South India: a re-emerging infectious disease.

Scrub Typhus: Re-emerging Public Health Problem in India

Scrub Typhus is emerging as an important cause of fever of unknown origin and needs to be differentiated from other causes of febrile illnesses. During March to June 2014, a systematic search on ‘Scrub typhus’ was conducted to determine epidemiology and factors causing re-emergence of this disease in India. Scrub typhus is an acute, febrile, infectious illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, ...

Scrub Typhus--A Re-Emerging Infection.

chills and rigors, headache, vomiting, cough which are all non-specific. Out of all the patients with pyrexia of intermediate duration studied, 10 had hepatosplenomegaly and only 1 scrub typhus positive patient had the sign and 1 out of the total 92 patients had neck stiffness and he was positive for scrub typhus by PCR. None of them had an eschar which is supposed to be characteristic of ricke...

Scrub typhus meningitis: An emerging infectious threat

Background: Scrub typhus is prevalent in India although definite statistics are not available. Recent reports from several parts of India indicate that there is a resurgence of scrub typhus. There have been only few studies on scrub meningitis, most are case report. Methods: A prospective study done in Sir Padampat Mother and Child Health Institute, SMS Medical College, Jaipur to find cases of ...