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India Scrub Typhus 2016-19

Scrub typhus tightens grip; 6 die, 801test +ve
People working in fields at risk of picking up infection

Kuldeep Chauhan

Shimla, September 19

With death toll mounting to six and the number of patients reaching 801 today, the outbreak of scrub typhus in Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Shimla, Kangra and Mandi districts continue to give sleepless nights to health officials and patients this year.

Of six deaths, three were reported from Shimla, two in Mandi and one in Bilaspur. In 2018, the toll was 18 while 1,106 patients suffered from the disease. More than 125 patients of the 5,500, who tested positive for scrub typhus, have died in five years. ?The cause of the death is delay in starting of treatment,? observed Dr Jatinder Kumer Mokta, professor of medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, in a study here.
?All patients, who complain of high fever, body ache and restlessness should take scrub typhus medicines regardless of diagnosis before, during and after the rains,? he added.
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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/h...UPiXZidE6toPqnmGnz9GN5b666m0K6NTXMk8ONIcjE2a0
 
Scrub typhus continues to claim maximum lives in HP
According to the data available with the department of health and family welfare, this year till October 5, the death toll in the state has been 12, while 9,477 were tested of which 1,148 tested positive.
CHANDIGARH Updated: Oct 05, 2019 23:31 IST
Navneet Rathore
Hindustan Times, Shimla


Scrub typhus in Himachal Pradesh continues to be the disease that is claiming maximum lives in the state.

According to the data available with the department of health and family welfare, this year till October 5, the death toll in the state has been 12, while 9,477 were tested of which 1,148 tested positive. Of these 1,148, as many as 320 cases were reported from the Bilaspur district.

On Saturday, two women tested positive for the disease out of total 28 tested while as many as 13 tested positive on Friday out of total 40 tested at the Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/chan...lives-in-hp/story-VEurWqupMQeXDaFc7vFuPL.html
 
Week 33 IDSP report:
https://idsp.nic.in/WriteReadData/l892s/74743699461571052888.pdf


AS
/SNT/2019/33/1032 Assam Sonitpur
(Tezpur) Scrub Typhus 33 cases 06 fatalities 01-04-19
Under Control
Cases reported from various places in Sonitpur. District RRT
investigated the outbreak. All cases were first diagnosed as
Acute encephalitis Syndrome. Serum samples of all 33 cases
collected sent to Apex laboratory at RMRC Dibrugarh, result
of all samples reported positive for Scrub Typhus. A total of
06 individuals’ succumbed to death. Deaths are being
reported since the 7th of April, 2019. The details of the death
cases is presented in tabular form:
Age Gender
10years Male
9 years Male
50 years Female
7 years Female
15 years Female
9 years Male
Health education given with special reference to mite control
and removing overgrown weeds/grasses in the area.
 
HP: Another scrub typhus patient dies, toll reaches 10 in IGMC
The number of deaths due to scrub typhus in IGMC this year has now reached 10.

Press Trust of India
Shimla
October 30, 2019UPDATED: October 30, 2019 19:49 IST

A46-year-old woman of Hamirpur has died of scrub typhus, taking the death toll due to the disease this year to 10 in IGMC here, officials said on Wednesday.

The woman died on Tuesday at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital here, IGMC senior Medical Superintendent Dr Janak Raj said.

She was admitted in the IGMC on October 23, he said.

The number of deaths due to scrub typhus in IGMC this year has now reached 10, he added.
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https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...es-toll-reaches-10-in-igmc-1614191-2019-10-30
 
MH/AMR/2019/36/1160 Maharashtra Amravati
Scrub Typhus 01 case 01 fatality 22-08-19 Under
Control
A 35yr old female resident of Village/SC Wagholi, PHC
Nimboli, Block Dhamangaon presented symptoms of fever,
headache and vomiting and was admitted in a hospital and
later died. District RRT investigated the outbreak. Serum
samples collected, was positive for scrub typhus (IgM
ELISA). Health education given.

Week 36 IDSP report: https://idsp.nic.in/WriteReadData/l892s/82656745161572606554.pdf
 
AR/KGK/2019/38/1202
Arunachal
Pradesh Kumey
Scrub
Typhus?
10 cases 03 fatalities 15-09-19 17-09-19 Under
Control
Cases reported from Village Parsi Parlo, CHC
Koloriang, Block Koloriang, Kurung. District
RRT investigated the outbreak. Most affected
cases were children, residing in jungle area and
with unhygienic lifestyle. The deceased were in the
age group 1-6 years. A total of 05 blood samples
were collected and tested at DPHL, TRIHMS; 04
found Equivocal for Scrub typhus (IgM ELISA).
All cases were treated symptomatically. Health
education given.

Week 38 IDSP report: https://idsp.nic.in/WriteReadData/l892s/84412656471574839783.pdf
 
MZ/LAW/2019/49/1604 Mizoram Lawngtlai Suspected
Scrub Typhus 101cases 02fatalities 04-12-19 09-12-19 Under
Surveillance
Cases reported from Village Cheural, SC Cheural
PHC Sangau, Block Sangau. District RRT
investigated the outbreak. The deceased were
60y/M and 22y/F. Cases presented with fever and
headache. A total of 208 samples collected and
tested; 101 samples positive for Scrub typhus by
Weil Felix test. All cases treated. Health
education given.

Week 49 IDSP report: https://idsp.nic.in/WriteReadData/l892s/87432761971580215568.pdf
 
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