The scrub typhus infection is spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger). Chiggers are found on grass, plant litter and bare soil across rural areas of Asia, and usually feed on small ...

Fiji's Health Ministry has declared a dengue fever outbreak in the Western Division, where the highest number of cases have ...

Fiji's Health Ministry has declared a dengue fever outbreak in the Western Division, which has reported the highest number of ...

For the study, blood samples of people who reported fever were collected every six to eight weeks from August 2020 to July 2022.

Symptoms, such as fever, headache, body aches and rash, usually begin around 10 days after infection, says Schmidt.

A study of more than 32,000 people living in Tamil Nadu, India, suggests scrub typhus infection may affect up to 10% of rural ...