Epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal clustering of scarlet fever in Liaoning Province, China, 2010–2019

•No previous study has focused on the epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal pattern analysis of scarlet fever in Liaoning Province, China.•The high-risk areas mainly concentrated in urban area of Shenyang City and Dalian City, Liaoning Province.•Control strategies need to focus on high-risk season, high-risk areas and high-risk populations.