We conducted a population-based cohort study to assess epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of scrub typhus in 37 villages in Tamil Nadu, India, where the disease is highly endemic.

In this cohort study, scrub typhus was a common cause of febrile illness in rural South India, with an incidence of 6.0 cases per 1000 person-years. 2. Asymptomatic infection was widespread, with a ...

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 9 April 2025 from https://medicalxpress.com ...

The study enrolled over 32,000 people living across 37 rural villages in Tamil Nadu, India. As scrub typhus is known to be endemic in the area, the sample represented a typical rural Indian ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The study enrolled over 32,000 people living across 37 rural villages in Tamil Nadu, India. As scrub typhus is known to be endemic in the area, the sample represented a typical rural Indian ...

The researchers of the study found that scrub typhus affects around a tenth of rural populations in India every year. Scrub typhus infection is spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger).