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What is scrub typhus, a bacterial infection rising in India? Know symptoms, preventions

DNA Wednesday, 6 September 2023
Scrub typhus is a bacterial infection caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium, sometimes known as bush typhus. It is transmitted through bites from infected chiggers, which are larval mites.
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