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Why is strep A surging — and how worried are scientists?

The tragic deaths of 13 children in England and an unusual rise in autumn cases have put researchers on alert.
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  1. Heidi Ledford
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As the days lengthen and temperatures rise each spring, British paediatricians know what to expect: an increase in group A streptococcal infections that should tail off by the summer. But an off-season outbreak of the bacterial infections this year has jumbled expectations, made scores of people ill and killed 13 children under the age of 15 in England since September.

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Nature 612, 603 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04403-y

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