Inundation fever

A disease belonging to the typhus category is passed to humans through the bite of a mite, which is often found on field mice and rats. This ailment manifests with symptoms that include a prolonged fever lasting two to three weeks, a primary lesion, swollen glands, a skin rash, hearing loss, and indications of lung congestion. It goes by various names, including Japanese river fever, Kedani fever, scrub typhus, rural typhus, tropical typhus, Delhi’s pseudotyphoid, Sumatra mite fever, and Tsutsugamushi disease.


 


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