title: Preventing recurrent rheumatic fever: the role of register based programmes.
abstract: Despite dramatic gains of the last century, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain major preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noonan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Carapetis
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D012042:Registries; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D055502:Secondary Prevention