CHITWAN: As many as 8 individuals have been diagnosed with scrub typhus across various hospitals in Chitwan district since July this year.
According to the district public health office, 78 cases were identified out of 306 people who underwent lab testing.
Public health officer Bimal Patel said that 33 of the infected individuals are from Chitwan, while 45 are from outside the district.
In the previous fiscal year, 248 people tested positive for scrub typhus out of 762 tested.
Scrub typhus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mite. Common symptoms include fever, eye redness, cough, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, breathing difficulties, severe headaches, joint and muscle pain, general malaise, and sometimes black spots at the bite site.
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