2022–2023 United Kingdom group A streptococcus outbreak
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2022-2023-united-kingdom-group-a-streptococcus-outbreak-0-2221367
title:
2022–2023 United Kingdom group A streptococcus outbreak
text:
In late 2022, an ongoing disease outbreak caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, a Lancefield group A streptococcus, began in the United Kingdom. It is often referred to as the Strep A outbreak in the media. These bacteria cause group A streptococcal infections and scarlet fever. In the UK, 516 deaths from iGAS have been recorded, of which 61 were children, 52 in England, five in Wales, three in Scotland, and one in Northern Ireland. There were 3,729 notifications of iGAS recorded in En
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Ongoing disease outbreak in the UK
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_United_Kingdom_group_A_streptococcus_outbreak
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2024-02-13T20:36:08Z
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