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Scarlet fever reported at city school
By Barb Brouwer - Salmon Arm Observer
Published: January 13, 2012 11:00 AM
Don't share saliva.
That's the main advice in preventing strep throat, says Dr. Karen Goodison, a public health and preventive health resident currently working with Interior Health in their communicable disease unit in Vernon.
A family physician now certifying in communicable diseases, Goodison was responding to a single case of scarlet fever reported at Bastion Elementary School.
Goodison says IH is not worried about the case of scarlet fever, described as strep throat with a rash on the BC Health Newslink website...
Scarlet fever reported at city school
By Barb Brouwer - Salmon Arm Observer
Published: January 13, 2012 11:00 AM
Don't share saliva.
That's the main advice in preventing strep throat, says Dr. Karen Goodison, a public health and preventive health resident currently working with Interior Health in their communicable disease unit in Vernon.
A family physician now certifying in communicable diseases, Goodison was responding to a single case of scarlet fever reported at Bastion Elementary School.
Goodison says IH is not worried about the case of scarlet fever, described as strep throat with a rash on the BC Health Newslink website...