Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Victoria, 2006-18

Med J Aust. 2022 Mar 7;216(4):201-202. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51374. Epub 2021 Dec 27.

Authors

Jane Oliver^{1

2}, Myra Hardy², Joshua Osowicki^{2

3}, Daniel Engelman^{2

3}, Andrew C Steer^{2

3

4}, Katherine Gibney^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
² Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
⁵ Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemiology; Health status indicators; Public health; Rheumatic heart disease.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Humans
Rheumatic Fever* / epidemiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease* / epidemiology