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Typhus alert
August 27, 2017 00:27 AM Dr Sher Bahadur Pun
City dwellers may not know that Scrub typhus has been making a shift from rural to urban areas
Until August 20th, at least 22 Scrub typhus cases were diagnosed among patients with fever who visited the out-patient department of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital as well as among those referred there from various hospitals of Kathmandu. Many patients who were positive for Scrub typhus had no history of travel beyond Kathmandu city. For the first time, I have observed an unexpected number of Scrub typhus cases in a relatively short time in Kathmandu, the largest urban center in Nepal. In other words, there has been an outbreak of Scrub typhus in Kathmandu.
Until recently, the majority of Scrub typhus cases were reported from remote rural areas. As Scrub typhus is more common in the rainy season, we can expect more cases in the days ahead...
Typhus alert
August 27, 2017 00:27 AM Dr Sher Bahadur Pun
City dwellers may not know that Scrub typhus has been making a shift from rural to urban areas
Until August 20th, at least 22 Scrub typhus cases were diagnosed among patients with fever who visited the out-patient department of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital as well as among those referred there from various hospitals of Kathmandu. Many patients who were positive for Scrub typhus had no history of travel beyond Kathmandu city. For the first time, I have observed an unexpected number of Scrub typhus cases in a relatively short time in Kathmandu, the largest urban center in Nepal. In other words, there has been an outbreak of Scrub typhus in Kathmandu.
Until recently, the majority of Scrub typhus cases were reported from remote rural areas. As Scrub typhus is more common in the rainy season, we can expect more cases in the days ahead...
