Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015

Annual incidence of scarlet fever in Hong Kong remained elevated after an upsurge in 2011. Incidence increased from 3.3/10,000 children <5 years of age during 2005–2010 to 18.1/10,000 during 2012–2015. Incidence was higher among boys and was 32%–42% lower in the week following school holidays....

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Autores principales: Lee, Chun Fan, Cowling, Benjamin J., Lau, Eric H. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5621532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2310.161456
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description Annual incidence of scarlet fever in Hong Kong remained elevated after an upsurge in 2011. Incidence increased from 3.3/10,000 children <5 years of age during 2005–2010 to 18.1/10,000 during 2012–2015. Incidence was higher among boys and was 32%–42% lower in the week following school holidays.
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spelling pubmed-56215322017-10-07 Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015 Lee, Chun Fan Cowling, Benjamin J. Lau, Eric H. Y. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Annual incidence of scarlet fever in Hong Kong remained elevated after an upsurge in 2011. Incidence increased from 3.3/10,000 children <5 years of age during 2005–2010 to 18.1/10,000 during 2012–2015. Incidence was higher among boys and was 32%–42% lower in the week following school holidays. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5621532/ /pubmed/28930009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2310.161456 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015
title Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015
title_full Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015
title_fullStr Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015
title_short Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015
title_sort epidemiology of reemerging scarlet fever, hong kong, 2005–2015
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5621532/
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