Rheumatic fever represents an autoimmune disease following infection with group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), one of the most ubiquitous human pathogens. The disease is characterized by ...

Dunedin: A research has found that skin infections are likely to be a significant cause of rheumatic fever. The study has been published in the 'BMJ Global Health Journal'. Acute rheumatic fever is an ...

Shameful new figures show the NT continues to be the Australian capital of a third-world disease that overwhelmingly affects First Nations people, with more diagnoses than all other states and ...

Actor Bill Paxton opened up about a childhood bout with rheumatic fever weeks before he died, saying the illness left him with heart damage. The “Twister” star died at 61 on Saturday after ...

Research led by the University of Otago in New Zealand has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal ...

RHEUMATIC fever has been generally regarded as a disease principally affecting children, and its occurrence in adults has as a consequence been more or less ignored. The high incidence of this disease ...

Background: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequelae, chronic rheumatic heart disease, remain important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but there is little recent information about ...

Rheumaticfever usually develops 2 to 6 weeks after a streptococcal infection. The exact link between strep infection and rheumatic fever is not clear. The bacterium contains a protein similar to a ...

UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent attacks ...

Rheumatic fever and heart disease remain a silent threat to Indian children, stemming from untreated strep throat. Despite being preventable, common myths endanger young hearts. Parents must ...

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