Research progress on scarlet fever epidemic and associated factors
10.3760/cma.j.cn101070-20220606-00669
- VernacularTitle:猩红热流行及其影响因素研究进展
- Author:
Yuanhai YOU
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Author Information
1. 传染病预防控制国家重点实验室，中国疾病预防控制中心传染病预防控制所传染病诊断室，北京 102206
- Keywords:
Scarlet fever;
Group A Streptococcus;
Epidemic;
Associated factor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2022;37(21):1626-1629
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Scarlet fever is a respiratory disease caused by Group A Streptococcus (GAS). It commonly attacks school children and has no available vaccine currently.The human history, especially European Industrial Revolution and Victorian Era, has witnessed large scale scarlet fever epidemics.Before antibiotics were invented, scarlet fever was once a highly transmissible disease with high mortality about 30%-50%.With the wide use of antibiotics after World War Ⅱ, the incidence and mortality of scarlet fever decrease significantly.Invasive streptococcal infections resurge in Europe and America in 1980s.In the past ten years, the incidence of scarlet fever kept increasing in several countries around the world.In this article, the latest research progress of scarlet fever epidemiology and pathogenesis was reviewed.Meanwhile, potential mechanisms and risk factors for the recently increasing incidence of scarlet fever in various regions were discussed.
