Why your kid's strep throat keeps coming back

(La Jolla Institute for Immunology) Each year, some 600 million people around the world come down with strep throat. Yet, it was unclear why some kids are prone to repeated bouts of strep throat while others appear to be more or less immune. The latest study by researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) provides the first clues why some children are more susceptible than others to contracting recurrent strep throat.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news