Objective: To study the clinical and laboratory profile of pediatric scrub typhus in rural south India.
Methods: This is a descriptive study of the clinical and laboratory features of 117 children with IgM ELISA proven scrub typhus out of 448 children, who were admitted in the Pediatric ward of a tertiary care hospital, during the study period of November 2014 through March 2015.
Results: Fever was present in all 117 children, with mean duration of fever at admission as 9 d.