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The Ministry of Public Health has issued an alert to raise public awareness of the risk of scrub typhus in forested areas of the country. More than 8000 cases of scrub typhus have been reported in 2014, including 5 fatalities. Winter is a popular time for camping in forested areas of Thailand.
(Via Thai News - accessed 26/11/14)
Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease transmitted by the bite of an infected larval trombiculid mite. Incubation period is usually between 10-12 days; symptoms include fever followed by headache, profuse sweating, conjuntival injection, lymphadenopathy and maculopapular rash.
Scrub typhus is found in central, eastern and southeastern Asia; from Siberia and Japan to northern Australia and Vanuatu. It is particularly prevalent in northern Thailand. Treatment is with tetracycline or chloramphenicol.
Travellers at risk should be advised on insect bite avoidance and reporting of any fevers on return from Thailand.
