6 More Scrub Typhus Cases Detected in Sundargarh, Positive Cases Rise to 361

Sundargarh: Six more persons were found to be infected by scrub typhus in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, taking the total number positive cases to 361.

Though the scrub typhus cases are on the rise in the district, the death toll due to the disease has remained at one.

According to district medical authorities, adequate stock of medicines to treat the disease is there in the district. A special team of doctors is also ready for the treatment of patients infected with scrub typhus.

Awareness campaigns continue in villages to make people aware of the disease and precautions to prevent its infection.

Scrub typhus is transmitted by the bites of infected chiggers (larval mites). It is spread to people especially farmers who frequently visit farmland or forest. The most common symptoms of the disease include fever. The chigger bites can cause itchy, inflamed bumps on the skin called ‘eschar’. If left untreated, this disease can cause death.