{"id":5424,"date":"2022-12-05T06:54:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T01:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2025-03-27T08:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T02:56:23","slug":"what-is-strep-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-strep-a\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Strep A?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What is Strep A?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Strep A, also known as <strong>Group A Streptococcus<\/strong>, is a <strong>bacterium found in the throat and on the skin.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can cause many different infections, ranging from mild to serious. Some of these diseases include Strep throat, Scarlet fever, Impetigo,Necrotizing fasciitis, Cellulitis etc.<\/li>\n<li>These are <strong>communicable<\/strong> and can spread through coughs, sneezes and close contact.<\/li>\n<li>These infections usually tend to be fairly harmless but in very rare circumstances when the <strong>bacterium produces a toxin<\/strong> it can gain access to the bloodstream and cause really serious illness.<\/li>\n<li>Antibiotics are usually effective at treating Strep A or iGAS infections. Currently, <strong>there is no vaccine available to prevent them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What is Group A Streptococcus?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Group A streptococci are ubiquitous bacteria encountered on a daily basis, which have the potential to cause a wide range of infections in humans ranging from relatively minor cases of pharyngitis to life-threatening infections such as necrotizing fasciitis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/health-fitness\/health-news\/what-is-strep-a-bacterial-infection-that-has-led-to-the-deaths-of-6-children-in-the-uk\/photostory\/95981393.cms?picid=95981402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Times of India<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strep A, also known as Group A Streptococcus, is a bacterium found in the throat &#038; on the skin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}