Wednesday, 7 August 2019

PRO/EDR> Streptococcus, group A, invasive - UK (02): (England) fatal, WGS

Strep -- United Kingdom
The NHS [National Health Service] Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) [Clinical Commissioning Groups, which are responsible for delivery of NHS services in England ] have released an update in the Strep A [Group A streptococcus (GAS), also called _Streptococcus pyogenes_] outbreak, which has taken the lives of 13 people.
There have been 35 people in total affected by the Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) [invasive GAS infection] outbreak in mid and west Essex. There have been 32 cases

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6611267&promed&0

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