India, Dec. 3 -- At least three women died of suspected scrub typhus, a bacterial infection that has been on the rise in different parts of Andhra Pradesh over the last few days, health department officials said.

Two women reportedly died and another person was hospitalised with symptoms of scrub typhus in Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district on Wednesday, a day after a 45-year-old woman from Mettapalli village in Vizianagaram district, Chandaka Rajeshwari, also reportedly died.

"The deceased were identified as Jyothi (20), a resident of Rudravaram in Muppalla mandal (block), and Nagamma (62), from RR Centre in Rajupalem," an official from the state health department, requesting anonymity, said on Wednesday.

Scrub typhus is caused by the ...