scientists have warned. The resurgence of a disease that has caused high death rates for centuries has seen the number of people being struck down by the condition in England rise sevenfold in just six years.It has been likened to Covid-19 and a vaccine will be needed to wipe it.Supercharged 'clones' of the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes that cause the disease are to blame, new research shows.Lead research author Dr Stephan Brouwer, of the University of Queensland in Australia, said it has taken health authorities globally by surprise.An epidemic of the infectious illness - characterised by a bright red rash and a sore throat - swept Asia in 2011.
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