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Eighty-three cases of typhus fever have been identified in the areas of Beragama, Dehigahalanda, Weerawila and Bundala in the drought-hit Hambantota district in southern Sri Lanka. Dr. Kulatilake, Epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health confirmed that the type of typhus spreading in these areas was not deadly and was caused by a body louse. Most cases reported are children. Children are believed to be more vulnerable as they tend to be unhygienic due to the lack water in these areas. “This type of fever must be identified on time and with the right medicine [antibiotics] it is curable,” he said. Typhus is an illness in the form of fever, which lasts for about two to three weeks. The characteristic features are fever and a skin rash. It is also suspected that this is spread by fleas.
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