The IgG serostatus at baseline was available for 5891 participants in the serologic subcohort, of whom 99 had clinical infection during the subsequent scrub typhus season. IgG seropositivity at ...

Scrub typhus is a life-threatening zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi ... and seroconversion was defined as an IgM or IgG antibody titer in the convalescent-phase serum sample that was at ...

A potentially deadly disease, scrub typhus, spread by chiggers has been found in the United States for the first time, thus far only in North Carolina.

Scrub typhus — a life-threatening infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi bacteria — is a major public health threat in South and Southeast Asia.As per estimates, nearly one million cases ...

63% had antibodies to scrub typhus. The findings were reported in the Journal of Infection. In 2016, out of 407 AES patients during the same period, 65% had the illness. Also, when all AES ...

The cases have been identified as infections with scrub typhus and dengue. Combined, they have killed more than 100 people and infected thousands in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state in ...

The boy was tested negative for dengue and rat fever. Antibody test for Scrub Typhus also came out negative. However, PCR tests confirmed the presence of Scrub Typhus. The boy had actively ...