Rheumatic Fever Epidemiology
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1. "Transtornos do espectro obsessivo-compulsivo e febre reumática : um estudo de transmissão familiar" / Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and rheumatic fever: a family study.
Resumo HOUNIE, A.G. Transtornos do espectro obsessivo-compulsivo e febre reumática: um estudo de transmissão familiar. São Paulo, 2003. 174p. Tese (Doutorado) Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. A febre reumática (FR) é uma doença autoimune causada por anticorpos desenvolvidos contra o estreptococo beta hemolítico do grupo A (SBHGA).
Publicado em: 2003
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2. Obsessive-compulsive disorder, tic disorders, Tourette syndrome and other psychiatric disorders in rheumatic fever with or without Sydenham s Chorea patients / Transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo, tiques, síndrome de Tourette e outros transtornos psiquiátricos em pacientes com febre reumática, com ou sem Coréia de Sydenham.
Psychiatric disorders have been described as more frequent in Sydenhams Chorea patients SC) than in rheumatic fever without SC (RF). The aim of this study was to investigate it the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in RF is associated with the occurrence of SC. Furthermore, age of onset of the various symptoms was determined in order to clarify the tempo
Publicado em: 1999
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3. Epidemiology and prevention of valvular heart diseases and infective endocarditis in Africa
Valvular heart diseases in Africa affect mainly children and young adults and are a result of rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever is a preventable disease, but in Africa the combination of a lack of resources, lack of infrastructure, political, social and economic instability, poverty, overcrowding, malnutrition and lack of political will contributes to the per
BMJ Group.
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4. Studies in Epidemiology of Rheumatic Fever
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5. Rheumatic Fever. Epidemiology and Prevention
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6. Epidemiology of Rheumatic Fever in a Rural District in Italy: With Particular Reference to some Environmental Factors
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7. Pathogenesis of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Group A streptococci are model extracellular gram-positive pathogens responsible for pharyngitis, impetigo, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonephritis. A resurgence of invasive streptococcal diseases and rheumatic fever has appeared in outbreaks over the past 10 years, with a predominant M1 serotype as well as others identified with the outbreaks. emm (M
American Society for Microbiology.
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8. Molecular epidemiologic analysis of the type A streptococcal exotoxin (erythrogenic toxin) gene (speA) in clinical Streptococcus pyogenes strains.
A molecular epidemiology analysis was performed with over 440 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes obtained from 11 different countries in order to determine the frequency of occurrence of the type A streptococcal exotoxin (erythrogenic toxin) gene (speA) among group A strains. The colony hybridization technique employing a specific internal fragment
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9. Epidemiology and the Italian national health service.
The Italian national health services is under criticism. Although recent legislative changes are intended to introduce managed competition, there is no clear epidemiological view of the health care needs and priorities. Several inconsistencies and inequalities (particularly between the northern and the southern regions) are obvious, both in the health status
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10. Molecular epidemiology of impetiginous group A streptococcal infections in aboriginal communities of northern Australia.
Group A streptococcal infections among the Aboriginal communities of the Northern Territory of Australia are endemic, with a concurrently high rate of the postinfection sequelae of rheumatic fever and acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. The majority of the group A streptococcal isolates from the Northern Territory are not typeable by M typing. We re