Mizoram battles Scrub Typhus outbreak, health experts warn
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A public health entomologist from the Health & Family Welfare Department's Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) has warned about the growing spread of scrub typhus across Mizoram, which is now reaching endemic proportions.
Since 2012, government healthcare facilities alone have recorded 913 confirmed cases of scrub typhus, with 34 deaths.
According to the UNI report, the entomologist has further warned that the actual number of cases could be nearly double if private healthcare facility data were included.
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