A DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed that the bacterium that causes scarlet fever and strep throat ...

Researchers have identified Streptococcus pyogenes, the bacterium behind strep throat and scarlet fever, in a 700-year-old Bolivian mummy, marking its earliest confirmed presence in the Americas.

Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...

It had been previously thought that the bacterium arrived in South America with Europeans, News.Az reports, citing ...

Streptococcus pyogenes, which is often called group A Streptococcus, infects people around the world. While estimates vary, these infections could be responsible for the deaths of over half a million ...

Osaka, Japan - Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the most important bacterial causes of human skin infections. If S. pyogenes invades deep into the tissue, it can cause life-threatening illnesses, such ...

A recent study published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal explores the emerging invasive group A Streptococcus M1 uk lineage and highlights the importance of its detection. Study: Emerging ...