Rheumatic fever in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-152

  Richmond, Peter ^a   Harris, Linda ^a  

^a Rural Paediatric Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; POLYARTHRITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 0031866567     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.3.148     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Eisenberg MJ. Rheumatic heart disease in the developing world: prevalence, prevention and control. Eur Heart J 1993; 13: 122-8.
2. Neutze J. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the western Pacific region. NZ Med J 1988; 101: 404-6.
3. Chun LT, Venu Reddy D, Yamamoto LG. Rheumatic fever in children and adolescents in Hawaii. Pediatrics 1987; 79: 549-52.
4. Patten BR. Rheumatic fever in the West Kimberley. Med J Aust 1981; I (Suppl.) I: 11-15.
5. Brennan RE, Patel MS. Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in a rural central Australian Aboriginal community. Med J Aust 1990; 153: 335-9
6. Neilson G, Streatfield RW, West M, et al. Rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease in Yarrabah Aboriginal community, north Queensland. Med J Aust 1993; 158: 316-18.
7. Carapetis JR, Wolff DK, Cume BJ. Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the top end of Australia's Northern Territory Med J Aust 1996; 164: 146-9.
8. Special Writing Group of the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association. Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Rheumatic Fever: Jones Criteria, 1992 Update. J Am Med Ass 1992; 268: 2069-73.
9. MacDonald KT, Walker AC. Rheumatic heart disease in Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory. Med J Aust 1989; 150: 503-5.
10. Grover A, Dhawan A, Lyengar SD, et al. Epidemiology of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in a rural community in northern India. Bull WHO 1993; 71: 59-66.
11. Karademir S, Demirceken F, Atalay S, et al. Acute rheumatic fever in children in the Ankara area in 1990-1992 and comparison with a previous study in 1980-1989. Acta Paediatr 1994; 83: 862-5.
12. Markowitz M. Streptococcal disease in developing countries. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1991; 10: S11-14.
13. Burge DJ, Horatius DE. Acute rheumatic fever. Cardiovasc Clin 1993; 23: 3-23
14. Taylor J. Census enumeration in remote Australia: issues for Aboriginal data analysis. J Aust Pop Assoc 1993; 10: 43-67.
15. Markowitz M. The decline of rheumatic fever. Role of medical intervention. J Pediatr 1985; 106: 545-50.
16. Denny FW. A 45 year perspective on the Streptococcus and rheumatic fever: the Edward H Kass lecture in infectious disease history. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 19: 1110-22.
17. North DA, Heynes RA, Lennon DR, Neutze J. Analysis of costs of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Auckland. NZ Med J 1993; 106: 400-3.
18. Dajani AS, Bisno AL, Chung K, et al. Prevention of rheumatic fever. Circulation 1988; 78: 1082-6.
19. Arguedas A, Mohs E. Prevention of rheumatic fever in Costa Rica. J Pediatr 1992; 121: 569-72.
20. Hanna J, O'Rourke S. Rheumatic fever and chronic heart disease in Yarrabah Aboriginal community, north Queensland (letter). Med J Aust 1993; 158: 793.