What is the difference between strep throat and scarlet fever?
Q. My doctor advised me that my son has strep throat and not scarlet fever. I have looked at descriptions online but both sound the same to me. There obviously a ifference can anyone advise?
Asked by fiona58727 - Sat Jun 24 04:35:50 2006 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Please see the webpages for more details on Strep throat and Scarlet fever. Streptococcus- A genus of bacteria. Gram-positive cocci, often occuring in chains of varying length. Require enriched media for growth and the colonies are small. Saprophytic (saprophyte-Free living micro-organisms obtaining food from dead and decaying animal or plant tisue) and parasitic species. Pathogenic species produce powerful toxins. In man they are responsible for numerous infections such as scarlatina (scarlet fever), tonsillitis (inflammation of tonsils), erysipelas (an acute, specific,infectious disease, in which there is a spreading, streptococcal inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, accompanied by fever and constitutional disturbances), … [cont.]
Answered by gangadharan_nair - Sat Jun 24 12:40:30 2006

What are the seven deadly sins in The Scarlet Letter?
Q. In my English class, we are reading the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and my teacher had given us an assignment where we had to explain one of the seven deadly sins that is portrayed in every chapter. However, I am having a bit of a conflict with this assignment, especially since some chapters don't even seem to have any sin at all. Can someone help me just a little bit? Well, yeah, I know what the seven deadly sins are but which of those sins are portrayed in EACH chapter of the book?
Asked by Lynda. - Fri Jan 2 01:10:07 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

Is it possible for female scarlet tanagers (the bird) to have the same color feathers as the males?
Q. I'm a writer, and my story involves a small, red, female bird... I like the coloring of the scarlet tanager, but it needs to be female.
Asked by sndncpeaches - Fri Dec 28 04:24:04 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Unfortunately, in most species where the male is bright red, the female is much duller. Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) - In breeding plumage, male brilliant scarlet with black wings and tail. In nonbreeding plumage, female and male olive green; male has black wings. Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) - Male solid rose-red with pale bill. Female pale olive green above, dull yellow below. Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) - Male has brilliant scarlet crown and underparts, with dark brown back, wings, and tail; female similar to male above but white below with dark streaks. Belly of females and immatures varies from pink to yellow to white. Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus) may be your best bet, but they are more black than… [cont.]
Answered by margecutter - Fri Dec 28 10:46:21 2007