Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A combination therapy of IV doxycycline and azithromycin was more effective for the treatment of severe scrub ...

A dual antibiotic combination was better than either drug alone for treatment of severe scrub typhus, the randomized INTREST trial showed. For patients with this tropical mite-borne bacterial illness, ...

Scrub typhus, a life-threatening bacterial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, accounts for an estimated 150,000 deaths each year. The appropriate antibiotic treatment is unknown. New research ...

Andhra Pradesh Scrub Typhus Virus: The occurrences of scrub typhus are gaining alarming rate in Andhra Pradesh and there is strong doubt that a similar event can occur in other parts of India. The ...

Scientists have developed an animal model of scrub typhus using outbred CD-1 mice. Using the model, they have characterized host susceptibility to the causative pathogen, disease pathogenesis, and ...

Most human scrub typhus infections could occur inside villages rather than during agricultural work, suggests new research conducted with the help of communities living in Tamil Nadu. The new findings ...

Most human scrub typhus infections could occur inside villages rather than during agricultural work, suggests new research conducted with the help of communities living in Tamil Nadu. The new findings ...

A study of over 32,000 people living in Tamil Nadu, India suggests scrub typhus infection may affect up to 10% of rural populations annually and is a leading yet under-recognised cause of ...