What do you need to know about scarlet fever and group A strep?
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What do you need to know about scarlet fever and group A strep?

Erin Dean Health journalist

Alarm over children’s deaths from serious infections has prompted an official alert and appeals to nurses to be extra vigilant. Here’s what you need to know

A number of children have so far died in the UK from serious infections caused by the bacteria behind scarlet fever, prompting the government to issue a rare alert.

Primary Health Care. 33, 1, 6-8. doi: 10.7748/phc.33.1.6.s2

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