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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