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Increased Risk for Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease for Household Contacts of Scarlet Fever Cases, England,

Vicky Watts, Sooria Balasegaram, Colin S Brown

    Emerging Infectious Diseases
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    Scarlet fever is at a 50-year high. Household contacts of scarlet fever cases have a 12.2-fold increased risk of invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease, particularly infants and the elderly.

    Keywords:
    EnglandStreptococcus pyogenesbacteriahousehold contactsiGAS diseaseincidenceinvasive group A Streptococcus diseaserespiratory infectionsriskscarlet feverstreptococcal infectionsstreptococci

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