UK: Scarlet fever cases among primary school students hit 50 year high ('super-resistant and aggressive' strain circulating)

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-warned-watch-comeback-Victorian-disease.html

[h=1]Scarlet fever returns: Primary schools hit by sharp rise in outbreaks as family doctors are warned to watch out for the Victorian disease[/h]

• Primary schools across Britain are being hit by the contagious disease
• Outbreaks have risen steeply ? with 6,157 new cases since September
• Researchers have linked rise to a 'super-resistant and aggressive' strain
• Numbers of children being infected by the bug have hit a 50-year high
• Disease was deadly in Victorian era but now treated with antibiotics
• March and April are peak time for the disease which mainly infects children

By Colin Fernandez for the Daily Mail
Published: 15:38 EST, 20 March 2016 | Updated: 10:03 EST, 21 March 2016