<p>“Over 450 people were tested positive for the disease,” a spokesperson for state health services told IANS.<br /><br />He said most of the cases were reported from the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla and Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Tanda, Kangra district.<br /><br />Shimla, Mandi, Solan and Sirmaur are the worst scrub typhus-affected districts. In last two years, 44 people have died of it in the state, he added.<br /><br />Its symptoms are -- fever, headache, muscle pain, cough and gastroenteritis -- inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines.</p>
<p>“Over 450 people were tested positive for the disease,” a spokesperson for state health services told IANS.<br /><br />He said most of the cases were reported from the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla and Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Tanda, Kangra district.<br /><br />Shimla, Mandi, Solan and Sirmaur are the worst scrub typhus-affected districts. In last two years, 44 people have died of it in the state, he added.<br /><br />Its symptoms are -- fever, headache, muscle pain, cough and gastroenteritis -- inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines.</p>