TY - JOUR AU - Lee, Chun Fan AU - Cowling, Benjamin AU - Lau, Eric H. Y. T1 - Epidemiology of Reemerging Scarlet Fever, Hong Kong, 2005–2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 10 SP - 1707 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - scarlet fever KW - group A streptococcus KW - GAS KW - Streptococcus pyogenes KW - bacteria KW - bacterial infection KW - epidemiology KW - seasonality KW - kindergarten KW - Hong Kong DO - 10.3201/eid2310.161456 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/10/16-1456_article ER - End of Reference