Preventing recurrent rheumatic fever: the role of register based programmes.
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.
McDonald
M
M
Brown
A
A
Noonan
S
S
Carapetis
J R
JR
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