Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Incidence and Progression in the Northern Territory of Australia 1997 -2010 Running title: Lawrence et al.; Rheumatic heart disease: Lessons from the register
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Dept of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne; Paediatric and Infectious Diseases Depts, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin; Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin; Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia and Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth; School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Letter by Karthikeyan et al regarding article, "Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: incidence and progression in the Northern Territory of Australia, 1997 to 2010".
BACKGROUND Although acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequel, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), continue to cause a large burden of morbidity and mortality in disadvantaged populations, most studies investigating the effectiveness of control programs date from the 1950s. A control program, including a disease register, in the Northern Territory of Australia where the Indigenous population has hi...
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