Scrub Typhus -- India
One person died and at least 47 people have been infected with suspected scrub typhus virus at Phullen village in Aizawl district [Mizoram], health department officials said today [5 Jan 2018]. Nodal officer of the State Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, who visited Phullen village yesterday [4 Jan 2018] said the spread of the disease has been contained and the patients were given medical treatment.
Phullen village is about 125 km [about 78 mi] north
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