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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Rheumatic Fever Prophylaxis programs are initiated; a Diabetes detection program, Streptococcal Sore Throat study, and the Dental Health fund are established.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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The effect of socioeconomic factors on the prevalence of rheumatic fever has been known and it is well accepted that acute rheumatic fever is a disease of the indigent.
There was one death due to chronic rheumatic heart disease and no deaths were attributable to acute rheumatic fever.
In rheumatic fever, the surface protein of a beta strep bacteria is the same as that found in your heart muscle.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a complication of a strep throat caused by particular strains of GAS.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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It is due to rheumatic fever and is always associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease and sometimes combined with mitral valve disease and aortic valve disease as well.
Rheumatic fever is most frequent cause of severe valve malfunction.
Rheumatic Fever It is well accepted and understood that rheumatic fever is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes infection.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Acute rheumatic fever was previously common among the poor; susceptibility may be partly genetic.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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A susceptible host who develops rheumatic fever following an untreated upper respiratory tract streptococcal infection can be rendered susceptible by his genetic inheritance possibly influenced by his immune mechanism.
Diseases like rheumatic fever or bacterial infections may scar or destroy the valve.
The strongest evidence came from studies demonstrating that prophylactic penicillin therapy reduced the incidence of rheumatic fever in patients who had streptococcal infections.
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