Scrub Typhus Spreading Widely in Salyan, Causing Deaths

High fever, red eyes, difficulty in breathing, hearing artificial sounds in the ears, and scabs on the body may be an infection of the bacterium called 'Orientia tsutsugamushi'.

'Orientia tsutsugamushi' infection is transmitted to humans by mites called 'chigger mites', causing scrub typhus disease.