title: Acute rheumatic fever in Kuwait: The declining incidence.
abstract: The incidence of acute rheumatic fever in children aged 5-14 years in Kuwait was studied prospectively over a period of five years (1984 through 1988). The mean annual incidence in the study period was 2.9/100,000 children. There was a decline in the incidence from 3.7/100,000 in 1984 to 2.5/100,000 in 1988. Twenty-seven percent of children with acute rheumatic fever presented as recurrences in 1985; this also declined to 11% in 1988.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait, and Ministry of Public Health, Kuwait.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Majeed
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doudin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lubani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaltout
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doussary
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Suliman