In this cohort study, scrub typhus was a common cause of febrile illness in rural South India, with an incidence of 6.0 cases ...

The study enrolled more than 32,000 people living across 37 rural villages in Tamil Nadu, India. As scrub typhus is known to ...

Despite cases being very common and treatable, scrub typhus is often overlooked as a possible cause when patients present with a fever. Diagnostic tests are available at major hospitals but not in ...

A recent study has revealed that scrub typhus infection could be an “under-recognised” leading cause of hospitalisations for fever, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the cases. The study ...

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 ...

Scrub typhus, a mite-borne bacterial infection, may be a major yet under-recognised cause of fever-related hospitalisations in India, researchers have cautioned after estimating that 10 per cent of ...

New Delhi: Affecting around a tenth of rural populations in India every year, 'scrub typhus' infection, spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger), could be an "under-recognised ...

(Image Credits: Pixabay) A new study has revealed scrub typhus’ infection could be an “under-recognised” leading cause of hospitalisations for fever. The researchers of the study found that ...

Citation: 'Overlooked' scrub typhus may affect 1 in 10 in rural India and be a leading cause of hospitalizations for fever (2025, March 12) retrieved 5 April 2025 from https://medicalxpress.com ...

A study of over 32,000 people living in Tamil Nadu, India suggests scrub typhus infection may affect up to 10% of rural populations annually and is a leading yet under-recognised cause of ...