Between 2013 and 2016 population rates of scarlet fever in England increased from 8.2 to 33.2 per 100,000 and hospital admissions for scarlet fever increased by 97%.[49] Further increases in the reporting of scarlet fever cases have been noted in England during the 2021–2022 season (September...
Scarlet fever is a superantigen-mediated acute infectious disease caused by the human-adapted pathogen group AStreptococcus(GAS). Scarlet fever was a leading cause of death in children in the early 1900s, but its incidence steadily declined during the 20th century1,2. Large regional outbreaks of...