An 11-year-old child, Siddharth, of Kilimanoor, who has been undergoing treatment at the SAT hospital here, succumbed to scrub typhus.
Scrub Typhus, a zoonotic disease caused by the bite of chigger, a microscopic mite found in shrubberies, is endemic in Thiruvananthapuram district. This year, till date, 259 cases of scrub typhus and five deaths have been reported in the State.
The mite is usually present in shrubberies, and the disease is transmitted mostly during the rainy season and in winter.
