AIZAWL, Jan 19: At least 139
scrub typhus cases have been
detected at Hauruang village in
Lunglei district of Mizoram,
State Health department
officials said.
State Nodal officer of Integrated
Disease Surveillance Programme
(IDSP) Dr Pachuau
Lalmalsawma said the disease
was first reported from the
village early this month.
A surveillance team was sent
to the area to undertake an onthe-spot
study of the situation
prevailing in the villlage, he said.
No death due to the infection
has been reported from the
village, where 139 samples of
the total 319 have tested positive
for scrub typhus, he said.
Scrub typhus is a mite-borne
disease caused by Orientia
tsutsugamushi (formerly
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi).
The
adult mites do not bite, and the
larvae – which are too small to
be seen by the naked eye – do
so in a painless manner. Symptoms
are fever, a primary
lesion, a macular rash, and
lymphadenopathy.
In December last, one person
died and 81 people were infected
with scrub typhus in Aizawl
district’s Phullen and surrounding
villages of Luangpawn,
Thanglailung and Zawngin.
Over 1,000 people were
infected with the scrub typhus
of which 35 people died since
2012, Health department
records said. – PTI
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