This publication synopsis discusses the recent outbreak of scrub typhus in cooling months, i.e. October to December. The patients incorporated in this study have shown the symptoms such as acute febrile illness associated with diverse signs. Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease transmitted by the larval mites (chiggers) of Leptotrombidium deliense group.
Man is accidentally infected when he encroaches the mite-infested areas, known as the mite islands. However, the infection can occur in diverse habitats like seashore, rice fields and even semi-deserts. Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus, a strict intracellular bacterium is endemic to a geographically distinct region of the tsutsugamushi triangle, which includes Japan, Taiwan, China and South Korea. In India, the disease had occurred among troops during World War II in Assam and West Bengal, and in the 1965 Indo-Pak war.…
