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Scarlet Fever
Occured around the 1800s in the U.S.
SYMPTOMS: -Fever -Slugishness -Sore Throat -Bumpy Rash that turns white under pressure
What caused it? -An aorganism known as a group A streptococcal bacterium
This epidemic plague ended with the developement of antibiotic drugs. Penicillin worked well and started preventing the kinds of epeidemics common in past.
FACTS: -Gets its name from apperince of skin -Get bumps on your tongue -A person with the disease can't get it again
Works Cited! : http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/Scarelet_fever.html : http://www.faqs.org/health/Sick-V4/Scarelet-Fever.html
