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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by ARF, which can result from a single severe episode or from multiple ...
J. Carapetis, A. Beaton, M. Cunningham, L. Guilherme, G. Karthikeyan, B. Mayosi, C. Sable, A. Steer, N. Wilson, R. Wyber, L. Zühlke   +10 more
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Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Fever: Literature Review and Protocol for a Case-Control Study in New Zealand

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have largely disappeared from high-income countries. However, in New Zealand (NZ), rates remain unacceptably high in indigenous Māori and Pacific populations.
M. Baker, J. Gurney, J. Oliver, N. Moreland, D. Williamson, N. Pierse, N. Wilson, T. Merriman, T. Percival, C. Murray, C. Jackson, R. Edwards, L. F. Foster Page, Florina Chan Mow, A. Chong, B. Gribben, D. Lennon   +16 more
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Resurgence of rheumatic fever among Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand: A 2010–2023 analysis of hospitalisation data with implications for equity policy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic patterns in acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease hospitalisations in New Zealand (2010–2023), evaluate the impact of public health interventions and ...
Gerard JB. Sonder, Megan Pledger, Philip C. Hill, Debbie Ryan   +3 more
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The role of social determinants of health in the risk and prevention of group A streptococcal infection, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: A systematic review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses a major disease burden among disadvantaged populations globally. It results from acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a complication of Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infection.
Pasqualina M Coffey, A. Ralph, V. Krause
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Aspirin-induced hepatotoxicity and anemia in children with acute rheumatic fever

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2021
Background. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of anemia and hepatotoxicity associated with aspirin use in patients with acute rheumatic fever. Methods. Patients with acute rheumatic fever followed at Erciyes University,
Derya Altay, Özge Pamukçu, Ali Baykan, Kazım Üzüm, Duran Arslan   +4 more
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Addressing rheumatic fever inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review of prevention interventions [PDF]

Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Introduction Rheumatic fever is a preventable illness caused by untreated Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection. Despite reductions in most high-income countries, rheumatic fever rates remain a concern in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Maryann Heather, Hinamaha Lutui, Samuela Ofanoa, Malakai Ofanoa, Siobhan Tu’akoi   +6 more
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RHEUMATIC FEVER. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1883
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Mismatches between health service delivery and community expectations in the provision of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic fever in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2019
Objective: Rheumatic fever (RF) recurrence prevention requires secondary prophylaxis for at least ten years. However, recurrences of rheumatic fever (RRF) persist disproportionately affecting Māori and Pacific youth.
Anneka Anderson, B. Peat, Janine Ryland, M. Ofanoa, H. Burgess, Gemma Malungahu, J. Wade, J. Spray, A. Leversha   +8 more
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Review of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians [PDF]

, 2013
This review is intended to provide an authoritative, up-to-date account of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous people.PrefaceThis review of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians ...
Caitlin Gray, Neil Thomson
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Recurrent Hypothermia and Autonomic Dysfunction Secondary to Shapiro Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 44‐year‐old man presented with recurrent hypothermia, diaphoresis and hypertension. Extensive investigation for infectious, inflammatory, metabolic and endocrine aetiologies was negative. MR scan of the brain demonstrated no lesions but revealed callosal dysgenesis, consistent with Shapiro syndrome.
Naveen Kumar, Jeremy Johnson, Susanne Watkins, Eoin Mulroy   +3 more
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