Rheumatic fever--is it still a problem?

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The incidence of rheumatic fever has declined in industrialized countries since the 1950s and now has an annual incidence of around 0.5 cases per 100,000 children of school age. In developing countries it remains an endemic disease with annual incidences ranging from 100 to 200 per 100,000 school-aged children and is a major cause of cardiovascular mortality. Interest in the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever was...

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