Fiji's Health Ministry has declared a dengue fever outbreak in the Western Division, which has reported the highest number of ...

Fiji's Health Ministry has declared a dengue fever outbreak in the Western Division, where the highest number of cases have ...

Affecting around a tenth of rural populations in India every year, 'scrub typhus' infection, spread by the bite of an ...

Scrub typhus is caused by the bacterium 'Orientia tsutsugamushi', which belongs to the rickettsia family. Severe illness due ...

For the study, blood samples of people who reported fever were collected every six to eight weeks from August 2020 to July 2022.

Researchers call for communities to be informed of possible dangers of scrub typhus infection, which can be deadly if left ...

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 ...

A study of more than 32,000 people living in Tamil Nadu, India, suggests scrub typhus infection may affect up to 10% of rural ...

The scrub typhus infection is spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger). Chiggers are found on grass, plant litter and bare soil across rural areas of Asia, and usually feed on small ...