The economic burden of scrub typhus disease among the tribal ethnic groups (Mizo) of Mizoram State, Northeast India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Orientia tsutsugamushi is the pathogen of scrub typhus, a rickettsial infection that poses a serious threat to many countries including India where the disease case-fatality was as high as 6%. The present study was aimed at determining the prevalence of scrub typhus disease and estimating the economic impact of the disease among the Mizo tribe of Mizoram State, Northeast India.

Materials & methods

The present study was a three-year retrospective, cross-sectional study conducted in 10 selected PHCs of Mizoram. The line-listing data of three years (2021-2023) on scrub typhus was used for the epidemiological investigation. The minimum economic burden of scrub typhus was evaluated using data collected by personal interviews with the scrub typhus survivors among the Mi

SUBMITTER: Ramliana V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11924854 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature