Strep A cases are rising. We must remember our earliest hygiene lessons as vaccine trials continue
- Written by: Michael Good, Professor and NHMRC Investigator Fellow, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University
ShutterstockGroup A streptococci, also known as “strep A”, were the first organisms ever identified to be the cause of a disease.
In the mid-1800s, Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis first noted the link between a lack of hygienic practices – such as handwashing – among medical staff and puerperal (or childbirth) fever....