Experts coming to study scrub typhus
Summary
An expert team from the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division is set to visit Salyan to study the spread of scrub typhus, which has infected 458 people and killed eight in Darma Rural Municipality. Health officials say women are the most affected and testing, treatment, and awareness campaigns are being intensified in the district.
Key Points
- An expert team from the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division in Teku, Kathmandu, will visit Salyan to study why scrub typhus has spread across seven local levels in the district.
- Scrub typhus has been detected in 458 of 2,322 people tested in Salyan, with eight deaths reported so far in Darma Rural Municipality.
- Women make up the majority of infections, with health workers linking the risk to farming, fodder collection, firewood gathering, and livestock care.
- Health officials say intensified testing, treatment and awareness campaigns have helped stop recent deaths, though the infection is not yet fully under control.
