Assessing scarlet fever re-emergence from notifiable disease surveillance in Hong Kong
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Scarlet fever outbreak in Hong Kong, 2011.
An outbreak of scarlet fever hit Hong Kong in 2011. At least 600 cases of scarlet fever have been reported in Hong Kong till the end of June 2011, with two resulting in deaths. The first fatal case, a 7-year-old girl, presented with fever, sore throat, vomiting, and skin rash on May 20. She consulted a private doctor first but her condition did not improve. She was referred and admitted to Quee...
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عنوان ژورنال: Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1947-2579
DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v10i1.8703