Scrub Typhus
Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.
Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: A systematic review.
What's happening now
An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.
- 1 clinical trial expected to report results, the earliest in Q4 2026.
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Clinical trials
The current development programme across all trial phases.
Research activity
Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
Major themes1
- Cost of Illness1
Leading journals1
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases1
Leading researchers5
- Bonell A1
- Crump JA1
- Lubell Y1
- Newton PN1
- Paris DH1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
- Centre for International Health1
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health1
- Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit1
- Mahidol University1
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit1
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute1
Reference
Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.
An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash.
- Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
- Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
- Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.