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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that an average of 2,861 (range 479 to 5,051) of scarlet fever were recorded during the same period over the past 5 years. [3] The following table shows the number of notifications of iGAS and scarlet fever published by data from the UKHSA from 12 September to 18 June. [3]
The chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency said the vast majority of children affected have a mild illness. More than 7,500 cases of scarlet fever, with numbers expected to rise ...
Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Group A streptococcus (GAS). [3] It most commonly affects children between five and 15 years of age. [1] The signs and symptoms include a sore throat, fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and a characteristic rash. [1]
Scarlet fever is also a non-invasive infection caused by GAS, although much less common. The invasive infections caused by Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus tend to be more severe and less common. These occurs when the bacterium is able to infect areas where bacteria are not usually found, such as blood and organs. [8]
1875–1876 Australia scarlet fever epidemic: 1875–1876 Australia Scarlet fever: 8,000 [164] 1876 Ottoman Empire plague epidemic 1876 Ottoman Empire: Bubonic plague: 20,000 [169] 1878 New Orleans yellow fever epidemic: 1878 New Orleans, United States Yellow fever: 4,046 [126] 1878 Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic: 1878 Mississippi ...
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[8] [9] She demonstrated that whilst the majority of cases of scarlet fever in 2014 were caused by the strain emm3 and emm4, infections of the emm1 strain increased annually. [8] She showed that this particular novel emm1 strain ('M1UK') produced considerally more streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A than other emm1 strains, which could explain ...
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by bacterial toxins. [1] Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. [1] There may also be symptoms related to the specific underlying infection such as mastitis, osteomyelitis, necrotising fasciitis, or pneumonia.