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How is this serious bacterial infection spreading so quickly in Japan?
Rapid spread of severe bacterial infection in Japan A Worrying Epidemic Japan is seeing a worrying surge in cases linked to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (SSTS). These cases, caused by group A streptococci, are increasing and the toll has already reached 422 since the start of the year, while it had reached 941 over the whole of the previous year. With a mortality rate exceeding 30%, this alarming situation concerns many regions of the country which are on alert. A Particularly Virulent Strain Japanese health authorities reveal the presence for the first time on their territory of a strain of…