Scrub typhus cases are rising in Tamil Nadu, urging awareness of symptoms like fever and eschar. Early treatment with antibiotics and preventive measures are crucial.

Tamil Nadu is witnessing a concerning rise in scrub typhus cases, a bacterial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.

People infected with this disease experience symptoms such as fever, chills, fatigue, body aches, headaches, cough, and ...

The nearer the Army & Navy get to Japan, the more often they encounter tsutsugamushi (Japanese for “dangerous bug fever”). It is also known as scrub typhus, is related to epidemic typhus.