Most human scrub typhus infections could occur inside villages rather than during agricultural work, suggests new research conducted with the help of communities living in Tamil Nadu. The new findings ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A combination therapy of IV doxycycline and azithromycin was more effective for the treatment of severe scrub ...

Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi. You can get it if an infected chigger – larvae that grow into mites – bites you. Chiggers often ...

A dual antibiotic combination was better than either drug alone for treatment of severe scrub typhus, the randomized INTREST trial showed. For patients with this tropical mite-borne bacterial illness, ...

Hospital studies suggest that scrub typhus is a leading cause of severe undifferentiated fever in regions across Asia where the disease is endemic, but the population-based incidence of infection and ...

Nepal, Sept. 30 -- A few days ago, a 40-year-old male was admitted to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (STIDH), with a five day history of fever, severe headache, joint pain, red eyes ...