An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Nepal: confirmation of local transmission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scrub typhus is a largely ignored tropical disease and a leading cause of undifferentiated febrile illness in the areas of tsutsugamushi triangle caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is frequently diagnosed in South Asian countries, although clear epidemiological information is not available from Nepal. After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, a sudden upsurge in scrub typhus cases was reported. The objective of this study was to investigate epidemiology of scrub typhus and its causative agents in humans, animals, and chigger mites to understand the ongoing transmission ecology.

Methods

Scrub typhus cases with confirmed diagnosis throughout the country were included in the analysis. Studies were concentrated in the Chitwan district, the site of a major outbreak in 2016

SUBMITTER: Dhimal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893900 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature