Saturday, 14 November 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Scrub typhus - India (04): (MP) fatal

Scrub Typhus -- India
Panna CMHO [Chief Medical & Health Officer] Dr. LK Tiwari said 2 deaths due to scrub typhus have been reported in Jabalpur Medical College.
While coronavirus is causing infections and deaths all across the state [Madhya Pradesh], bacteria called scrub typhus [the rickettsia-like bacterium called _Orientia tsutsugamushi_ causes the disease called scrub typhus] infected people in 11 districts and claimed 2 lives. People of 11 districts around Panna and Jabalpur districts have been found

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7942813&promed&0

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