Scrub Typhus Cases are Rises in Bargarh, Odisha : 5 Deaths are Reported in India
A new infectious disease Scrub Typhus raised concerns in India after a total of 14 deaths were reported in Odisha and Himachal Pradesh.
A new deadly infection called Scrub Typhus has increased the concerns in some parts of India. This new infectious disease caused unexpected deaths. A total of 14 deaths were reported in the Indian states of Odisha and Himachal Pradesh. Odisha, till now, has reported five deaths and nine in Himachal Pradesh.
After dengue, there is growing concern about this new infection scrub typhus in Odisha. While dengue cases are rising in the state and regularly being detected , this scrub typhus infection has also been seen.
According to Odisha’s Bargarh Chief District Medical and Public Health Officer, Sadhu Charan Das, out of the five deaths in Bargarh district due to Scrub Typhus, two cases were from Sohela block, while other three were from Attabira, Bheden, and Barpali blocks. He further informed that four other people were from Bargarh also found positive for Scrub Typhus and they have been treated.
Whereas, in Shimla, as per the officials, in the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) hospital a total of 295 cases of the infection have been confirmed in the district. Also there is a considerable increase in patients with symptoms of this Scrub Typhus this deadly infection in this hospital.
Scrub Typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a bacterial disease caused by bacterium O. tsutsugamushi. It is spread to the people through the bite of a insect chiggers (larval mites). These Chiggers are tiny mites, found in warm, humid areas with dense vegetation like forests, grasslands and bushlands and bite on the skin of animals and humans.
