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- Title
Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Among Children -- American Samoa, 2011-2012.
- Authors
Beaudoin, Amanda; Edison, Laura; Introcaso, Camille E.; Goh, Lucy; Marrone, James; Mejia, Amelita; Van Beneden, Chris
- Abstract
The article reports on the occurrence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) among children in American Samoa in 2011-2012. Topics discussed include the profiles, medication, and prevention of ARF and RHD, the vulnerability of children to ARF and their risk for developing RHD later into young adulthood, and the multiple factors that influence ARF and RHD rates. Also mentioned are the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations for ARF and RHD control programs.
- Subjects
AMERICAN Samoa; RHEUMATIC heart disease in children; RHEUMATIC fever in children; RHEUMATIC heart disease; RHEUMATIC fever treatment; PREVENTION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2015, Vol 64, Issue 20, p555
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article