Acc. to a study by Gorakhpur Hospital, Majority of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) patients hospitalized in eastern U.P, in the last 3 years during August-October had Scrub-Typhus.
About:
Scrub typhus is an acute illness caused by a bacterium Orientia Tsutsugamushi.
tsutsugamushi is transmitted by bite of mite larvae (chiggers), which are found in areas of heavy scrub vegetation.
Scrub typhus derives its name from the Scrub vegetation. Thus it is also known as bush typhus.
Symptoms are fever, changes in Tissue and rashes on skin.
Doxycycline, an antibiotic, is the most common drug used for its treatment.
Tsutsugamushi Triangle
Scrub typhus is endemic to tsutsugamushi triangle (named after O. tsutsugamushi).
It is a part of the world which –
Extends from northern Japan and far-eastern Russia in the north,
to the territories around the northern Australia in the south, and
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