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Yorkshire cases rocket of ?flesh eating? disease linked to scarlet fever
13:18Wednesday 30 March 2016
Cases of a potentially life-threatening infection linked to scarlet fever are rocketing in Yorkshire, latest figures show.
The region currently has the highest rates of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) disease in the country.
Already this year there have been almost double the expected number of cases of the infection, a more serious manifestation of the same bug which causes scarlet fever.
Up to a quarter of those suffering from iGAS disease will die from it.
Doctors have been warned about rare but potentially severe complications and told to carefully monitor patients who may be affected.
The country is currently in the grip of a scarlet fever outbreak, with high levels of the illness for the third winter running, particularly in Yorkshire...
Yorkshire cases rocket of ?flesh eating? disease linked to scarlet fever
13:18Wednesday 30 March 2016
Cases of a potentially life-threatening infection linked to scarlet fever are rocketing in Yorkshire, latest figures show.
The region currently has the highest rates of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) disease in the country.
Already this year there have been almost double the expected number of cases of the infection, a more serious manifestation of the same bug which causes scarlet fever.
Up to a quarter of those suffering from iGAS disease will die from it.
Doctors have been warned about rare but potentially severe complications and told to carefully monitor patients who may be affected.
The country is currently in the grip of a scarlet fever outbreak, with high levels of the illness for the third winter running, particularly in Yorkshire...