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Six-month-old Hunter Martin suffered an infection while being treated for chicken pox.

With cases of scarlet fever skyrocketing by up to 300 per cent in certain parts of the UK - knowing the early warning signs of the bacterial illness is essential. Here's what to look out for and when to contact a GP

Wearing a mask for the entire overseas trip due to concerns of being infected with Group A Streptococcal infection won’t be necessary,...

Group A Streptococcal M-related proteins (Mrps) are dimeric α-helical-coiled-coil cell membrane-bound surface proteins. During infection, Mrp recruit the fragment crystallizable region of human immunoglobulin G via their A-repeat regions to the bacterial surface, conferring upon the bacteria enhanced phagocytosis resistance and augmented growth in human blood. However, Mrps show a high degree of sequence diversity, and it is currently not known whether this diversity affects the Mrp–IgG interaction. Herein, we report that diverse Mrps all bind human IgG subclasses with nanomolar affinity, w...

Tokyo is currently facing an unprecedented surge in streptocococcal infections, marking the first instance since record-keeping commenced in 1999 that these infections have escalated to an alert level.