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Sohaib Ahmad1, Saurabh Srivastava, Sanjiv Kumar Verma
1Department of Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, HIHT University, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant, PO Doiwala, Dehradun-248140, Uttarakhand, India. sohadia@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Scrub typhus is a commonly encountered rickettsial disease of the Indian subcontinent. Humans are infected accidentally and the case fatality can be significantly high if the disease is not identified in time. We report nine cases of scrub typhus from the Garhwal region of the newly created north Indian state of Uttarakhand, a region not previously known to harbour the vector. Entomological studies are needed to study the density of the vector and to institute vector control measures in order to prevent this relatively benign, yet potentially fatal, clinical entity from spiralling into a major public health issue.
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