Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New bacterial strain linked to scarlet fever, sore throat and sepsis
A team of scientists led by Imperial College London have discovered a new strain of group A streptococcus bacteria.
Sep 10, 2019
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News tagged with scarlet fever
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why your kid's strep throat keeps coming back
Each year, some 600 million people around the world come down with strep throat. But for some children (and their parents) it's more than an occasional misery. It's a recurring nightmare. Yet, it was unclear why some kids ...
Feb 06, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Upsurge' of scarlet fever in England, study warns
Scarlet fever, a common cause of childhood death in the 1800s and early 1900s, has seen an upsurge in England since 2011 after decades of decline, scientists said Tuesday.
Nov 28, 2017
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Pediatrics
Internet health information can reduce parents' trust in doctors' diagnoses
New research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggests online health information can influence whether parents trust a diagnosis made by their child's doctor, potentially leading to delayed ...
May 04, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scarlet fever making a comeback
An international study led by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers has tracked the re-emergence of a childhood disease which had largely disappeared over the past 100 years.
Nov 04, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mistaken infection 'on the prairie'?
(HealthDay)—Fans of the pioneer tales known as "Little House on the Prairie" are familiar with the ravages of scarlet fever. That's because Mary Ingalls—sister of the autobiographical series' author, Laura Ingalls Wilder—went ...
Feb 04, 2013
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Medical research
Genome blueprint for horse and human vaccines
Two strains of Streptococcus bacteria, that have evolved to cause potentially fatal infections in either horses or humans, use the same box of tricks to cause disease. Exploiting their genetic similarities could lead to novel ...
Jul 14, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mutated scarlet fever fuels Hong Kong outbreak
(AP) -- Ultramodern Hong Kong is tussling with a centuries-old bug long forgotten in many developed countries - an outbreak of drug-resistant scarlet fever that has killed the first children there in a decade. And with it ...
Jun 27, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hong Kong confirms second scarlet fever death
Hong Kong health authorities on Thursday confirmed that a five-year-old boy had died from scarlet fever, the second death in the southern Chinese city as dozens of new cases were reported.
Jun 23, 2011
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