Table 2.

Demographic data of seropositive patients

Feature	Scrub typhus serology positive	Spotted fever serology positive
Mean age	15.4 ± 18.1	20.2 ± 20.3
Male	49%	49%
Commonest occupations of the adult patients	Males Farmers (48%)	Males Estate workers (45%)
	Females Housewife (60%)	Females Housewife (55%)
Commonest parental occupation in patients ≤ 20 years	Farming (35%)*	Estate workers (31%)*
	Manual labourers (12%)	Farmers (18%)

*Farming includes mostly paddy cultivation while estate workers indicated here involves work in tea and rubber plantations