Rheumatic heart disease in developing countries

N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 2;357(5):439-41. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp078039.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Developing Countries*
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening
  • Prevalence
  • Rheumatic Fever / epidemiology
  • Rheumatic Fever / prevention & control*
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / epidemiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / transmission
  • Streptococcus pyogenes*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents