Rheumatic Fever: an Update
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Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are non-suppuratives complications of group A beta haemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis due to a delayed immune response. When talking about epidemiology it varies from 1.0 to 5.4/1,000 school children (mean 2.1). The incidence of rheumatic fever (RF) varies from 0.2 to 0.75/1,000/year (mean 0.54) in school children 5 15 years of age in India1
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