Over 150 People Diagnosed With Scrub Typhus in Mizoram

Scrub typhus is most common in rural areas of India, Indonesia, China, some parts of Australia and Southeast Asia.

At least 152 people have been diagnosed with the scrub typhus disease at Thenzawl town in Serchhip district, Mizoram health department officials said on Wednesday, 16 January.

Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by a bacteria which is carried and spread by mites. The officials said that the scrub typhus outbreak began in November 2018.

The Thenzawl town is located about 90 km south of Aizawl, the state capital. Scrub typhus had killed two people in Thenzawl town in 2018, they said. The total number of deaths due to the disease have been recorded as 50 with over 2,000 people infected so far since 2012, they added.