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The prevalence of echocardiographically diagnosed RHD in adults in New Caledonia is estimated at 5.9 per 1000
This article discusses the 2015 revision of the Jones criteria by the American Heart Association for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever.
The goal of this statement was to review the historic Jones criteria used to diagnose acute rheumatic fever in the context of the current epidemiology of the disease and to update those criteria to also take into account recent evidence supporting the use of Doppler echocardiography.
Vaccines offer the ultimate solution to prevention and reduction of ARF rates; however, research is still at early stages.
This review article addresses the driving factors associated with diagnosis and treatment of sore throats caused by Group A streptococcus.
This publication is a systematic analysis of all Group A Streptococcus M protein variants, to assist in the development of a vaccine.
This chapter describes the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and management principles of acute rheumatic fever.
We aimed to establish the prevalence of RHD in high-risk Indigenous Australian children using these criteria and to compare the findings with a group of...
Cross-sectional observational study across ten primary schools in Fiji in school children aged 5-14 years.
We analyzed the formal consultations seen by the infectious diseases service over a 14-year period at one of the largest pediatric hospitals in Australia.