Rural communities are at high risk of potentially life-threatening scrub typhus infections, according to a study by researchers from the Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore released on Thursday.

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

Rural populations are at high risk of contracting scrub typhus, a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Christian Medical College ...