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For years, scrub typhus,has been seen as a disease of the fields — something farmers pick up while working in crops after the monsoon.
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However, new research from Tamil Nadu suggests the infection may be much closer to home.
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A study published in the February 2026 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases found that infected chigger mites were more common in villages than in surrounding agricultural fields.
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The findings challenge long-held assumptions about who is most at risk and where transmission is likely to happen.
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In simple terms, bacteria may be circulating more intensively around homes than in farmland.