Rheumatic Fever: a neglected and underdiagnosed disease. New perspective on diagnosis and prevention

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2016 Nov;107(5):482-484. doi: 10.5935/abc.20160150.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

Carlos Eduardo de Barros Branco¹, Roney Orismar Sampaio¹, Mario Maia Bracco^{2

3}, Samira Saady Morhy², Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira^{1

2}, Luiza Guilherme¹, Luiz Vicente Rizzo², Flavio Tarasoutch^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Instituto do Coração - InCor, São Paulo, SP - Brazil.
² Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP - Brazil.
³ Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Dr. João Amorim (CEJAM) - São Paulo, SP - Brazil.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
Humans
Neglected Diseases / diagnosis*
Neglected Diseases / epidemiology
Neglected Diseases / prevention & control*
Prevalence
Rheumatic Fever / diagnosis*
Rheumatic Fever / epidemiology
Rheumatic Fever / prevention & control*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnosis*
Rheumatic Heart Disease / epidemiology