A study on serodiagnosis of scrub typhus in a Teaching Hospital of South India
Background: crub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (rickettsial disease) commonly transmitted by the bite of larval chiggers of trombiculid mites.It has been one of the important causes of febrile illness, especially in south India.The clinical diagnosis is difficult owing to the non-specific presentation.We in the current study tried to e