Among those who were infected, 8 per cent to 15 per cent developed fever which often required hospital care, researchers said ...

The scrub typhus infection is spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger). Chiggers are found on grass, plant litter and bare soil across rural areas of Asia, and usually feed on small ...

Scrub typhus is caused by the bacterium 'Orientia tsutsugamushi', which belongs to the rickettsia family. Severe illness due ...

Affecting around a tenth of rural populations in India every year, 'scrub typhus' infection, spread by the bite of an ...

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Soil microbiology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the study of all biological aspects of the microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, parasites and protozoa) that ...

We’ve been experiencing fairly high temperatures and may be looking forward to being outdoors, but don’t start too early on ...

Billowing clouds of the stuff struck a severe blow to the American heartland during the 1930s, ruining wheat crops and ...