title: Prevalence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in rural Bangladesh.
abstract: A community-based study was done on 5923 rural Bangladeshi children aged 5-15 years to determine the prevalence of rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The prevalence was found to be 1.2 (95% confidence interval 0.3-2.1) per 1000 for RF defined by revised Jones criteria and 1.3 (0.4-2.2) per 1000 for Doppler echocardiography-confirmed RHD.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Sher-e-bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Jasimuddin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mostafa Zaman
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Monzur Hassan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology