A national prospective surveillance study of acute rheumatic fever in Australian children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Noonan, Sara ^a   Zurynski, Yvonne A ^b,c   Currie, Bart J ^a,d,e   McDonald, Malcolm ^f   Wheaton, Gavin ^g   Nissen, Michael ^h   Curtis, Nigel ⁱ   Isaacs, David ^c   Richmond, Peter ^j   Ramsay, James M ^k   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^c   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Northern Territory Clinical School   (Australia)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Australia; children; rheumatic fever; surveillance

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MONOARTHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; CARDITIS; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871781242     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826faeb3     Document Type: Article

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