Alarm Over Scrub Typhus
Reliable sources in Trivandrum Medical College say a few cases have tested positive for this rare zoonotic disease | By Yentha
On Apr 04, 2012
Trivandrum: Death of a five year old child from the coastal area of Poonthura has triggered panic over the possibility of scrub typhus. Health officials however declined to confirm saying that it was difficult to diagnose, although they too suspect this fever.
?Scrub typhus is not so common in Trivandrum. We have come across many suspected cases, but nothing has been diagnosed beyond doubt. This type of fever is more common in Calicut, Kannur, Wayanad and Kasargod. The child from Poonthura is only a suspected case but it was not detected completely. There is no need for panic,? said Dr. Pithambaran, District Medical Officer (DMO), Trivandrum.
However reliable sources in Trivandrum Medical College said a few cases had tested positive for the fever but were unable to give out the details. ?Even though this is a very rare disease, a few cases have been found positive to be scrub typhus over the past four months,? said an official from Medical College...
