Acute rheumatic fever: a chink in the chain that links the heart to the throat?

Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 240 - 245
Published: Apr 4, 2004
Abstract
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) remains a major problem in tropical regions, resource-poor countries, and minority indigenous communities. It has long been thought that group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis alone was responsible for acute rheumatic fever; this belief has been supported by laboratory and epidemiological evidence gathered over more than 60 years, mainly in temperate climates where GAS skin infection is uncommon. GAS strains have...
Paper Details
Title
Acute rheumatic fever: a chink in the chain that links the heart to the throat?
Published Date
Apr 4, 2004
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
240 - 245
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