Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Genetics and Pathogenesis

Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Rheumatic heart disease poses a major challenge to public health and is the most prevalent heart disease in children. The major determinants of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor housing, and a shortage of health-care resources. Although cost-effective strategies for the prevention and control of these diseases are available, they remain un...

VI. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Immunologic Factors in Acute Rheumatic Fever Compared to Rheumatic Heart Disease

Background/Objective: To clarify the state of different immunologic factors in patients with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) compared to healthy individuals.Patients and Methods: Patients with ARF (#21), patients with RHD six months after the onset of ARF (#19), and healthy children from the same age group with normal physical examination and no history of pharyngi...

Prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India.

Contemporary issues in rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease.

D uring the early part of the 20th century, rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease were considered the " most deadly enemy of youth. " 1 Although RF has almost disappeared in developed countries, it remains rampant in regions of the world characterized by poverty, overcrowding, and lack of adequate health care. Progress in the field of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has been slow, in p...