<p>Eleven more people were found scrub typhus positive in Odisha’s Sundargarh district on Sunday, taking the total number of such cases in the district to 180, a health official said.</p>.<p>59 samples were sent for testing, of which 11 were detected positive for scrub typhus, he said.</p>.<p>Of the 180 infected people, 10 patients are from outside Odisha and nine are from other districts, said Kanhucharan Nayak, chief district medical officer of Sundergarh.</p>.<p>The district had on Saturday reported seven positive cases.</p>.<p>Scrub typhus infection spreads through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites).</p>.<p>If fever continues for a period of four or five days, one should go for the test which is available free of cost, he said.</p>.<p>The testing for scrub typhus is being done at Rourkela Government Hospital and the Sundargarh district health centre.</p>.Mahanadi waters inundate parts of Odisha.<p>The health department is deploying Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife volunteers to spread awareness about the disease.</p>.<p>So far, seven people have died due to the disease in Odisha. While six deaths have been reported from Bargarh district, one person has succumbed to the infection in Sundargarh.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the health department sent a three-member medical team from Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla to Bargarh on Saturday to monitor the situation and suggest steps to control it.</p>.<p>Currently, there are 11 active cases in Bargarh district, officials said.</p>.<p>People, who frequently visit farmland or forests, are vulnerable to the infection.</p>.<p>The most common symptoms of scrub typhus disease include fever and a black inflamed mark on the skin called ‘eschar’.</p>
<p>Eleven more people were found scrub typhus positive in Odisha’s Sundargarh district on Sunday, taking the total number of such cases in the district to 180, a health official said.</p>.<p>59 samples were sent for testing, of which 11 were detected positive for scrub typhus, he said.</p>.<p>Of the 180 infected people, 10 patients are from outside Odisha and nine are from other districts, said Kanhucharan Nayak, chief district medical officer of Sundergarh.</p>.<p>The district had on Saturday reported seven positive cases.</p>.<p>Scrub typhus infection spreads through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites).</p>.<p>If fever continues for a period of four or five days, one should go for the test which is available free of cost, he said.</p>.<p>The testing for scrub typhus is being done at Rourkela Government Hospital and the Sundargarh district health centre.</p>.Mahanadi waters inundate parts of Odisha.<p>The health department is deploying Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife volunteers to spread awareness about the disease.</p>.<p>So far, seven people have died due to the disease in Odisha. While six deaths have been reported from Bargarh district, one person has succumbed to the infection in Sundargarh.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the health department sent a three-member medical team from Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla to Bargarh on Saturday to monitor the situation and suggest steps to control it.</p>.<p>Currently, there are 11 active cases in Bargarh district, officials said.</p>.<p>People, who frequently visit farmland or forests, are vulnerable to the infection.</p>.<p>The most common symptoms of scrub typhus disease include fever and a black inflamed mark on the skin called ‘eschar’.</p>