Archive · 31 Dec 2025
Andhra Reports 1,566 Scrub Typhus Cases in 2025
In 2025, Andhra Pradesh reported 1,566 cases of scrub typhus, a disease caused by a bacterium spread through chigger mites.
Common symptoms include fever, headache, and rash.
The state has seen a decline in cases compared to 2024.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has ordered a special task force to study and control the disease.
Health officials attribute the increase in detected cases to better surveillance and reporting, not necessarily a rise in transmission.
The task force aims to protect people and stop the disease from spreading further.
Andhra Pradesh reported 1,566 scrub typhus cases in 2025, with 20 deaths recorded.
Scrub typhus is caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi and spread through chigger mites.
Common symptoms include high fever, headache, body ache, rash, and a dark scab at the bite site.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu ordered a special task force to study and control the disease.
The number of cases has declined compared to 2024, with improved surveillance and reporting cited as reasons.
- Who
- Health officials and Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
- What
- Reporting and addressing scrub typhus cases in Andhra Pradesh
- When
- In 2025
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh, India
- Why
- To control the spread and improve public health measures
- Total Cases in 2025
- 1,566
- Deaths Recorded
- 20
- Causative Agent
- Orientia tsutsugamushi
- Transmission Vector
- Chigger mites
- Common Symptoms
- High fever, headache, body ache, rash, dark scab at bite site
- Treatment
- Doxycycline antibiotics
- Highest Affected District
- Chittoor
- Task Force Formation
- Ordered by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
- Cases in 2024
- 1,689
- Cases in Karnataka (2025)
- 1,613
- Cases in Tamil Nadu (2025)
- 6,925
- Cases in Telangana (2025)
- 187