Expert comment – Parents warned of Strep A symptoms after UK child deaths

Group A strep bacteria causes infections including scarlet fever, which can be treated with antibiotics. But in rare cases it can cause serious illness and death. Following widespread news coverage of the deaths of children in the UK, Professor Beate Kampmann from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), said

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