Streptococcal superantigens and the return of scarlet fever [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2021 Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus) is a globally disseminated and human-adapted bacterial pathogen that causes a wide range of infections, including scarlet fever. Scarlet fever is a toxin-mediated disease characterized by the formation of an
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Recrudescence of Scarlet Fever and Its Implications for Dental Professionals [PDF]
International Dental Journal, 2023 A significant increase in the incidence of scarlet fever, mainly in Europe, has been noted during the COVID-19 postpandemic period. Scarlet fever is caused by a pyrogenic exotoxin-producing streptococcus—Streptococcus pyogenes—responsible for more than ...
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Epidemiological trend in scarlet fever incidence in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: A time series analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 ObjectiveOver the past decade, scarlet fever has caused a relatively high economic burden in various regions of China. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are necessary because of the absence of vaccines and specific drugs.
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The association between ambient air pollution and scarlet fever in Qingdao, China, 2014–2018: a quantitative analysis [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background We conducted a distributed lag non-linear time series analysis to quantify the association between air pollution and scarlet fever in Qingdao city during 2014–2018.
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The role of school terms in the epidemics of scarlet fever among pre-school-aged and school-aged children: a 15-year population-based surveillance in China [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Scarlet fever, caused by group A streptococcus (GAS), has resurged globally since the early 2010s. Although schools and pre-schools are well acknowledged as the high-risk settings for scarlet fever outbreaks, little is known about the effect ...
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and potential ecological drivers of acute respiratory infectious diseases: an example of scarlet fever in Sichuan Province [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Object Scarlet fever is an acute respiratory infectious disease that endangers public health and imposes a huge economic burden. In this paper, we systematically studied its spatial and temporal evolution and explore its potential ecological drivers. The
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Early Warning and Prediction of Scarlet Fever in China Using the Baidu Search Index and Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average With Explanatory Variable (ARIMAX) Model: Time Series Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 BackgroundInternet-derived data and the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and ARIMA with explanatory variable (ARIMAX) models are extensively used for infectious disease surveillance.
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Epidemiological Characteristics and Trends of Scarlet Fever in Zhejiang Province of China: Population-Based Surveillance during 2004–2022 [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical MicrobiologyBackground. Over the past two decades, scarlet fever has resurged in some countries or areas. Nationwide nonpharmaceutical interventions changed the patterns of other infectious diseases, but its effects on the spread of scarlet fever were rarely studied.
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The dynamics of scarlet fever in The Netherlands, 1906–1920: a historical analysis [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Background. Scarlet fever, an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, largely disappeared in developed countries during the twentieth century.
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EBioMedicine, 2018 From 2011, Hong Kong and mainland China have witnessed a sharp increase in reported cases, with subsequent reports of epidemic scarlet fever in North Asia and the United Kingdom. Here we examine epidemiological data and investigate the genomic context of
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