title: Scarlet fever.
abstract: Essential facts Scarlet fever is characterised by a rash that usually accompanies a sore throat and flushed cheeks. It is mainly a childhood illness. While this contagious disease rarely poses a danger to life today, outbreaks in the past led to many deaths.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006113:United Kingdom