Low Rates of Streptococcal Pharyngitis and High Rates of Pyoderma in Australian Aboriginal Communities Where Acute Rheumatic Fever Is Hyperendemic
Open Access
- 15 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 43 (6) , 683-689
- https://doi.org/10.1086/506938
Abstract
Background. Acute rheumatic fever is a major cause of heart disease in Aboriginal Australians. The epidemiology differs from that observed in regionsKeywords
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