Aizawl, Sept 27: Teams of zoologists from the Pachhunga University College here will study and assess the current outbreak of rodents, sources said.

Led by Prof Lalramliana, two teams from the Zoology department of the college set out on Thursday to visit the affected villages, while one team set out on Friday, the sources said.

The teams will examine and find out the species of the rodents and identify whether they are potential to spread scrub typhus, it said.

According to the findings of experts from the Pachhunga University College and researchers from other countries, rodents carry and spread several diseases and it was confirmed that scrub typhus is largely spread by rats or rodents in Mizoram.

Rodent attacks are currently reported in at least three Mizoram districts, affecting

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