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PUBLIC RELEASE: 4-NOV-2015
Scarlet fever making a comeback
An international study led by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers has tracked the re-emergence of a childhood disease which had largely disappeared over the past 100 years.
Researchers at UQ's Australian Infectious Diseases Centre have used genome sequencing techniques to investigate a rise in the incidence of scarlet fever-causing bacteria and an increasing resistance to antibiotics.
UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences researcher Professor Mark Walker said the disease had re-emerged in parts of Asia and the United Kingdom.
"We have not yet had an outbreak in Australia, but over the past five years there have been more than 5000 cases in Hong Kong (a 10-fold increase) and more than 100,000 cases in China.
"And an outbreak in the UK has resulted in 12,000 cases since last year," he said.
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UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences researcher Dr Nouri Ben Zakour said the research results were "deeply concerning".
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uoq-sfm110315.php
Scarlet fever making a comeback
An international study led by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers has tracked the re-emergence of a childhood disease which had largely disappeared over the past 100 years.
Researchers at UQ's Australian Infectious Diseases Centre have used genome sequencing techniques to investigate a rise in the incidence of scarlet fever-causing bacteria and an increasing resistance to antibiotics.
UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences researcher Professor Mark Walker said the disease had re-emerged in parts of Asia and the United Kingdom.
"We have not yet had an outbreak in Australia, but over the past five years there have been more than 5000 cases in Hong Kong (a 10-fold increase) and more than 100,000 cases in China.
"And an outbreak in the UK has resulted in 12,000 cases since last year," he said.
...
UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences researcher Dr Nouri Ben Zakour said the research results were "deeply concerning".
...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uoq-sfm110315.php