Increase in scarlet fever notifications in the United Kingdom, 2013/2014

Increases in scarlet fever above usual seasonal levels are currently being seen across the United Kingdom. Medical practitioners have been alerted to the exceptional increase in incidence. Given the potential for this to signal a population increase in invasive group A streptococcal disease, close m...

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Published inEuro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 19; no. 12; p. 20749
Main Authors Guy, R, Williams, C, Irvine, N, Reynolds, A, Coelho, J, Saliba, V, Thomas, D, Doherty, L, Chalker, V, von Wissmann, B, Chand, M, Efstratiou, A, Ramsay, M, Lamagni, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 27.03.2014
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Notification - statistics & numerical data
Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data
Fever
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Scarlet Fever - diagnosis
Scarlet Fever - epidemiology
Sex Distribution
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections - epidemiology
Streptococcus infections
Streptococcus pyogenes - isolation & purification
Surveillance
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Young Adult
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Increases in scarlet fever above usual seasonal levels are currently being seen across the United Kingdom. Medical practitioners have been alerted to the exceptional increase in incidence. Given the potential for this to signal a population increase in invasive group A streptococcal disease, close monitoring of invasive disease is essential.
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ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.12.20749