The UK Health Security Agency said the rise in Strep A cases is most likely due to high amounts of the bacteria circulating and increased social mixing.
The epidemiologist said: "Over the last couple of weeks we have respectively seen 207 and 230 cases, which is very similar to what we have seen reported in the 2017/18 season but just an awful lot earlier than we might have seen in the past."PHS has received report of eight such cases in children under the age of 10 since September.
The UK Health Security Agency said the last time there was an intensive period of Strep A infection in 2017-18 there were four deaths in England in the equivalent time frame.programme on Saturday, infectious diseases paediatrician Prof Beate Kampmann said there had been three times as much scarlet fever this year than was seen pre-pandemic:
She said children with a fever should be kept off school and added Group A Strep was "very, very treatable" with penicillin.Virologist Dr Chris Smith said the general rise in Strep A infections could be due to a drop in immunity following the pandemic.: "There's something about the vulnerability of the population and particularly younger people.
I would like to know if hospitalisations of children correlate with uptake of flu vaccines. We know that mortality in 65y rises in line with vaccine. It makes sense that if immune system is overwhelmed with flu cocktail then body vulnerable to opportunistic infection.
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