Incidence of acute rheumatic fever.

Sievers, Jan; Hall, Paul

doi:10.1136/hrt.33.6.833

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“…However, this does not apply to our population, since in Israel during the last two decades the rheumatogenic types have remained constant and relatively high (18%-33% of all positive throat cultures; A. Beck, personal communication). Some observers have reported a declining incidence of carditis [3,10,12,14], suggesting that RF is becoming a milder disease. However, Denny [7] questioned this last finding based on data derived from various countries in different areas of the world [1,11,18].…”

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Acute rheumatic fever in the young: changing prevalence and pattern

et al. 1988

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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is rare in young people. A group of 28 patients is described who were hospitalized during the years 1960-1984. Patients were divided into two groups: children who were admitted between 1960 and 1966 and those admitted between 1966 and 1984. The annual incidence of ARF declined from 1.17 to 0.44 cases per 10,000 population at risk. The incidence of arthritis declined in parallel to the decrease in number of children presenting with ARF, whereas the incidence of carditis remained the same.

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Acute rheumatic fever in the young: changing prevalence and pattern

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“…2 In Sweden, the incidence dropped from 0.25 per 1000 in 1930 to 0.025 per 1000 in 1964. 3 In India, between 1.5 and 39 per 1000 suffered rheumatic heart disease in 1976; this was attributed to low, socioeconomic overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions.…”

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“…However, of those children with positive group A streptococcus (GrAS), only one to three percent contracting the disease would develop heart involvement. 3 ' 5 Thus, 8 to 32 percent of United States school children could be carriers and have positive throat cultures for hemolytic strep group A. 2 In the general population, and during epidemics of strep infection, only three percent of individuals with group A streptococcal pharyngitis would contract rheumatic fever.…”

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Rheumatic Fever and its Cardiac Manifestations in Children: An Update

Mardini

1981

Ann Saudi Med

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“…Incidence rates ranging between 0.2 and 0.64 per 100,000 population have been reported in series from the United States. [1][2][3][4][5] However, there are little data on the incidence rates of rheumatic fever in the Middle East. 6,7 The purpose of this study is to report the incidence rate of rheumatic fever and the frequency of its manifestations among Arab children in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.…”

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