Scarlet fever pathogen draft genome sequence released
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 09:04
in Health & Medicine
Scarlet fever has revealed unusual high infect rate in Hong Kong this year. So far, 466 children were infected and 2 of them dead. Scarlet fever is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive pathogen that can be transmitted via skin wound and airborne droplet.