Scrub typhus, a neglected disease, emerging as new health challenge

Over 260 people have been infected with the disease since the start of 2022.

In August last year, Sunita Sharma, a local from Sainamaina Municipality in Rupandehi district, was rushed to a private hospital in Butwal, after she suffered from a persistent fever that showed no signs of subsiding. Along with high fever, Sharma, who was 33 then, also had abdomen pain and vomited frequently.