Scarlet Fever Upsurge in England and Molecular-Genetic Analysis in North-West London, 2014

Scarlet fever notifications surged across the United Kingdom in spring 2014. Molecular epidemiologic investigation of Streptococcus pyogenes infections in North-West London highlighted increased emm4 and emm3 infections coincident with the upsurge. Unlike outbreaks in other countries, antimicrobial...

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Main Authors: Turner, Claire E., Pyzio, Marta, Song, Bonita, Lamagni, Theresa, Meltzer, Margie, Chow, J. Yimmy, Efstratiou, Androulla, Curtis, Sally, Sriskandan, Shiranee
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880090/