Underdiagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in primary care settings in a developing country

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1407-1413

  Parks, Tom ^a   Kado, Joseph ^b   Colquhoun, Samantha ^c,d   Carapetis, Jonathan ^d   Steer, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Fiji Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Epidemiology; Fiji; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease; Streptococcal infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHILD; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIJI; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70350009686     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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