Occurrence of Orientia tsutsugamushi, the Etiological Agent of Scrub Typhus in Animal Hosts and Mite Vectors in Areas Reporting Human Cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in the Gorakhpur Region of Uttar Pradesh, India

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Candasamy SadanandaneBhuwan Bhaskar Mishra

Abstract

Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) with high fatality and disability, are reported every year in the Gorakhpur region of Uttar Pradesh, India, with the etiology of >60% of the cases being attributed to scrub typhus. In the present study, the prevalence of Orientia tsutsugamushi, the etiological agent of scrub typhus, was investigated among animal hosts and their ectoparasitic trombiculid mites prevalent in AES-reported areas of Gorakhpur. A total of 154 rodents/shrews were collected using 777 Sherman traps set in 12 study villages, and the overall trap rate was 19.8%. In total, 2726 trombiculid mites belonging to 12 species were collected from 154 rodents/shrews trapped. The shrew mouse Suncus murinus was the predominant animal species (78.6%) collected. The principal vector mite Leptotrombidium deliense was the predominant species (82.7%), and its index was 14.6 per animal. Of 114 rodent/shrew sera samples screened through the Weil-Felix test, 57% were positive for antibodies against O. tsutsugamushi. Of 128 blood samples tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), one rodent sample was positive for the gene encoding 56 kDa protein and 25 for 60 kDa. Among 2726 mite samples tested as 315 pools through nested PCR, se...Continue Reading

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