Red thread disease can easily infect turfed lawns and make them look very poorly.
Red thread lawn disease can infect turfed lawns very easily. They often are sown with grass species which are prone to catching the disease and the way in which turf is grown promotes its spread.
Turfed lawns are often hot beds of lawn fungal diseases. Find out more about this in my blog post: Should I seed or turf my new lawn?