Eschar Investigations in Scrub Typhus

EXPa (n=12) will have blood and non-invasive eschar samples collected (consent to study, declined biopsy).

EXPb (n=12) will have blood, non-invasive eschar samples, and an eschar biopsy collected (consent to study, draining LN inaccessible).

EXPc (n=12) will have blood, non-invasive eschar samples, eschar biopsy, and LN FNA collected (consent to study, draining LN accessible).

Controls (EXC, n=12) are healthy individuals, attending hospital for elective/minor surgery or treatment of minor skin injury, and normally reside in a scrub typhus endemic region. Blood and a skin sample will be collected at baseline only.