Recently, the number of cases of scarlet fever in Guangdong, Hunan and other places has increased. In the absence of an effective vaccine, how to correctly understand scarlet fever and scientifically prevent it has received high attention.

On April 14, the Guangdong Provincial Disease Control and Prevention Bureau announced the provincial statutory infectious disease epidemic situation in March 2025. Among them, the number of scarlet fever cases reported in Guangdong Province in March was 1542, an increase of 641 cases from February.

On April 17, Hu Yan, deputy director of the Children's Medical Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, said that the number of children with scarlet fever seen in the hospital's pediatric outpatient and emergency departments has increased recently. "This year's spring in the south is relatively dry, which is conducive to the survival and spread of group A hemolytic streptococci."

On April 18, the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a reminder that in the past decade, the number of cases of scarlet fever has shown an upward trend in many countries and regions around the world. According to the epidemic characteristics of Guangzhou in previous years, Guangzhou will experience a seasonal peak of scarlet fever from April to June.

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