Health emergency with recent surge of scrub typhus alongside other infectious diseases in India with Odisha in focus: Suggested mitigation measures and preparedness of public healthcare infrastructure

• Ranjan K. Mohapatra,
• Snehasish Mishra,
• Lawrence Sena Tuglo,
• Venkataramana Kandi,
• Aroop Mohanty,
• Ranjit Sah

Affiliations

Ranjan K. Mohapatra

Corresponding author. Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, 758 002, Odisha, India.; Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, 758 002, Odisha, India

Snehasish Mishra

School of Biotechnology, Campus-11, KIIT Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, 751 024, Odisha, India

Lawrence Sena Tuglo

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho-00233, Ghana

Venkataramana Kandi

Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, 505417, Telangana, India

Aroop Mohanty

Department of Clinical Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273008, India

Ranjit Sah

Corresponding author. Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.; Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal; Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, 411018, Maharashtra, India; Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India