title: Editorial: Frontiers in Autoimmune Disease: Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Heart Institute (InCor), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guilherme
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Heart Institute (InCor), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Karen F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, Heart Institute (InCor), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Kellen C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Faé
keywords: animal model; autoimmune diseases; innate and adaptive immune response; rheumatic fever; rheumatic heart disease; valvular damage